1895 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1895 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
Captain James A. McDonald
Seasons
←  1894
1896  →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  – 14 –0 –0
Yale  – 13 –0 –2
Princeton  – 10 –1 –1
Washington & Jefferson  – 6 –1 –1
Harvard  – 8 –2 –1
Lafayette  – 6 –2 –0
Syracuse  – 6 –2 –2
Army  – 5 –2 –0
Bucknell  – 5 –2 –0
Colgate  – 4 –2 –0
Swarthmore  – 7 –4 –1
Tufts  – 8 –5 –0
Villanova  – 4 –2 –0
Wesleyan  – 6 –3 –0
Amherst  – 6 –5 –0
Brown  – 7 –6 –1
Carlisle  – 4 –4 –0
Drexel  – 3 –3 –1
Penn State  – 2 –2 –3
Cornell  – 3 –4 –1
Rutgers  – 3 –4 –0
New Hampshire  – 2 –3 –1
Frankin & Marshall  – 3 –5 –1
Boston College  – 2 –4 –2
Lehigh  – 3 –6 –0
CCNY  – 2 –5 –1
Buffalo  – 1 –4 –2
Temple  – 1 –4 –1
MIT  – 1 –4 –0
Trinity (CT)  – 1 –4 –0
Massachusetts  – 1 –5 –0
Western Univ. Penn.  – 1 –6 –0
Geneva  – 0 –5 –0

The 1895 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University during the 1895 college football season. The team's captain was James A. McDonald. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 22 Philadelphia Manual Training School Villanova, PA W 12–6 [2]
October 26South End WheelmenVillanova, PAW 14–0900 [3]
November 13 Hahnemann Medical College Villanova, PAW 12–0
November 16 Philadelphia Dental College Villanova, PAW 10–0 [4]
November 23 Delaware Villanova, PA (rivalry)L 6–10
November 28at West Chester West Chester, PA L 6–24 [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Villanova 2019 Football". Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University. 2019. pp. 121, 134. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Villa Nova and Manual". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "Villa Nova and South End". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 27, 1895. p. 9. Retrieved November 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ "Villanova and Dental College". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 17, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "West Chester and Villa Nova". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved November 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .


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