1902 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1902 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
1902 record4–3
Head coach
Captain Timothy O'Rourke
Home stadiumNone
Seasons
  1901
1903  
1902 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Ursinus   900
Yale   1101
Geneva   700
Harvard   1110
Princeton   810
Army   611
Frankin & Marshall   720
Dartmouth   621
Holy Cross   621
Syracuse   621
Carlisle   830
Cornell   830
Lafayette   830
Amherst   730
Penn State   730
Penn   940
Lehigh   731
Vermont   532
Colgate   531
NYU   530
Columbia   641
Bucknell   640
Washington & Jefferson   640
Villanova   430
Brown   541
Swarthmore   660
Western U. of Penn.   561
New Hampshire   231
Tufts   461
Fordham   241
Wesleyan   361
Rutgers   370
Navy   271
Drexel   141
Temple   141
Pittsburgh College   160
Boston College   080

The 1902 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1902 college football season. The team's captain was Timothy O'Rourke. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 11at Penn State L 0–32 [2]
October 15at Fordham New York, NY W 15–6 [3]
October 18at Seton Hall South Orange, NJ W 22–11
October 25at Wilmington AA Wilmington, DE L 0–6 [4]
November 1at Bucknell Lewisburg, PA L 5–61 [5]
November 13Seton HallVillanova, PAW 5–0 [6]
November 15at Wilmington AA
W 17–12 [7]

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References

  1. "Villanova 2019 Football". Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University. 2019. pp. 121, 134. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. "Villanova Swamped". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 12 Oct 1902. p. 13. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. "Villanova Defeats Fordham". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 16 Oct 1902. p. 10. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. "Villanova Defeated". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 26 Oct 1902. p. 12. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. "Bucknell's Easy Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2 Nov 1902. p. 13. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  6. "Villanova Defeats Seton Hall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 Nov 1902. p. 10. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. "Villanova Victorious". The News Journal (Wilmington DE). 17 Nov 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2018.