1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Tangerine Bowl, L 10–34 vs. LSU
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–4 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
NC State $ 5 1 07 4 0
Clemson 4 2 08 4 0
Maryland 4 2 07 4 0
Wake Forest 3 2 08 4 0
No. 15 North Carolina 3 3 08 3 1
Virginia 1 4 06 5 0
Duke 0 6 02 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.