1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team information
American college football season
1979Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Tangerine Bowl, L 10–34 vs. LSU
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Record
8–4 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach
John Mackovic (2nd season)
Captain
Syd Kitson, Mark Lancaster, James McDougald, James "Quick" Parker
Home stadium
Groves Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
NC State $
5
–
1
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Clemson
4
–
2
–
0
8
–
4
–
0
Maryland
4
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Wake Forest
3
–
2
–
0
8
–
4
–
0
No. 15 North Carolina
3
–
3
–
0
8
–
3
–
1
Virginia
1
–
4
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Duke
0
–
6
–
0
2
–
8
–
1
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach John Mackovic, the team compiled an 8–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and lost to LSU in the 1979 Tangerine Bowl.[1]
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