1956 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1956 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record2–5–3 (1–5–1 ACC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Bill Barnes
  • David Lee
Home stadiumBowman Gray Stadium
1956 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 19 Clemson $ 4 0 17 2 2
Duke 4 1 05 4 1
South Carolina 5 2 07 3 0
Maryland 2 2 12 7 1
North Carolina 2 3 12 7 1
NC State 2 4 03 7 0
Wake Forest 1 5 12 5 3
Virginia 1 4 03 7 0
Rankings from AP poll

The 1956 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1956 college football season. In their first season under head coach Paul Amen, the Demon Deacons compiled a 2–5–3 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 1–5–1 record against conference opponents.

Halfback Billy Ray Barnes rushed for over 1,000 yards and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1956 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.