1896 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1896 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record10–4
Head coach
Captain James A. McDonald
Seasons
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1896 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
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  – 8–1–2
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
Carlisle  – 5–5–0
Holy Cross  – 2–2–2
Rutgers  – 6–7–0
Brown  – 4–5–1
Wesleyan  – 4–5–1
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]

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References

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  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 .
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