1896 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1896 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–4
Head coach
Captain James A. McDonald
Seasons
  1895
1897  
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham   1 0 0
Lafayette   11 0 1
Princeton   10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson   8 0 1
Penn   14 1 0
Yale   13 1 0
Pittsburgh College   11 2 0
Buffalo   9 1 2
Villanova   10 4 0
Bucknell   5 2 1
Harvard   7 4 0
Boston College   5 3 0
Storrs   5 3 0
Cornell   5 3 1
Syracuse   5 3 2
Temple   3 2 0
Army   3 2 1
Rutgers   6 6 0
Carlisle   5 5 0
Holy Cross   2 2 2
Brown   4 5 1
Wesleyan   4 5 1
Dickinson   4 5 0
Frankin & Marshall   3 4 2
Geneva   3 4 0
Penn State   3 4 0
Colgate   3 4 1
Amherst   3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.   3 6 0
Lehigh   2 5 0
Tufts   2 6 1
Swarthmore   2 6 0
New Hampshire   1 4 0
Drexel   1 5 0
Massachusetts   0 4 0
Rhode Island   0 4 0

The 1896 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University during the 1896 college football season. The team's captain was James A. McDonald. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Swarthmore Swarthmore, PA W 16–0 [2]
October 33:30 p.m.at Delaware W 14–0 [3] [4]
October 7at Penn scrub team L 5–36 [5]
October 10 Ursinus Villanova, PA W 21–0 [6]
October 14at Haverford Haverford, PA W 5–4 [7]
October 21SwarthmoreVillanova, PAW 10–0 [8]
Philadelphia Dental College Villanova, PAW 10–0
October 24at West Chester West Chester, PA L 0–18 [9]
October 28at Ursinus Collegeville, PA W 12–4 [10]
October 31at Philadelphia Dental College
  • Y. M. C. A. grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–0 [11]
November 7 Jefferson Medical College Villanova, PAW 28–0 [12]
November 14at Pennsylvania Military
W 24–6 [13]
November 18South Jersey Institute Bridgeton, NJ L 4–6 [14]
November 262:30 p.m.Warren A.A.Wilmington, DEL 0–223,000–4,000 [15] [16]

References

  1. "Villanova 2019 Football". Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University. 2019. pp. 121, 134. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. "Villanova Defeats Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. October 1, 1896. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Delaware College And Villa Nova". The Morning News . Wilmington, Delaware. October 3, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Delaware College Loses". The Morning News . Wilmington, Delaware. October 5, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "Scrub Beats Villa Nova". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. "Villa Nova, 21; Urinius, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. "Breslin Is All Right". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 15, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. "Villa Nova Defeats Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. "West Chester, 18; Villa Nova, 0". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  10. "Villa Nova, 12; Ursinus 0". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  11. "Villa Nova, 12; Ph. Dentals, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  12. "Villa Nova, 12; Ph. Dentals, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  13. "Jefferson's First Defeat". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  14. "A Close Game At Bridgeton". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  15. "Warren And Villa Nova". The Morning News . Wilmington, Delaware. November 26, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  16. "Victory For Warren". The Morning News . Wilmington, Delaware. November 27, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .