1897 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1897 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Captain John F. Bagley
Seasons
  1896
1898  
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn   15 0 0
Princeton   10 1 0
Washington & Jefferson   10 1 0
Yale   9 0 2
Buffalo   9 1 0
Harvard   10 1 1
Army   6 1 1
Vermont   3 0 2
Lafayette   9 2 1
Drexel   6 2 1
Colgate   5 2 1
Dickinson   7 3 2
Swarthmore   7 3 2
Fordham   2 1 1
Cornell   5 3 1
Syracuse   5 3 1
Brown   7 4 0
Carlisle   6 4 0
Boston College   4 3 0
Holy Cross   4 3 1
Bucknell   3 3 1
NYU   3 3 0
Temple   3 3 0
Trinity (CT)   4 4 1
Wesleyan   6 6 0
Tufts   6 7 0
Geneva   3 4 1
Pittsburgh College   3 5 2
Villanova   3 5 1
Penn State   3 6 0
Amherst   2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall   2 6 2
Lehigh   3 7 0
New Hampshire   2 5 0
Rutgers   2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.   1 3 0

The 1897 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University during the 1897 college football season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
South End Wheelmen Villanova, PA W 14–0
October 9at The Hill School Pottstown, PA L 6–16 [2]
October 16at Franklin & Marshall Lancaster, PA L 0–28 [3]
October 23at Dickinson Carlisle, PA L 0–52500 [4]
Philadelphia Dental College Villanova, PAW 50–0
October 30at Fordham New York, NYT 0–0
November 10at Manhattan College New York, NY L 0–8
November 13FordhamVillanova, PAW 17–0
November 20Manhattan CollegeVillanova, PAL 12–18

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References

  1. "Villanova 2019 Football". Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University. 2019. pp. 121, 134. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. "Hill School and Villa Nova". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "Franklin And Marshall Won". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 11. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Villa Nova and Dickinson". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1897. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.