1938 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1938 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 18
Record8–0–1
Head coach
Home stadium Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
  1937
1939  
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech   6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova   8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross   8 1 0
Boston College   6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham   6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell   5 1 1
Army   8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth   7 2 0
Vermont   4 2 1
Brown   5 3 0
Bucknell   5 3 0
Syracuse   5 3 0
CCNY   4 3 0
Penn   3 2 3
Manhattan   5 4 0
Harvard   4 4 0
La Salle   4 4 0
NYU   4 4 0
Boston University   3 4 1
Penn State   3 4 1
Princeton   3 4 1
Hofstra   2 3 1
Duquesne   4 6 0
Temple   3 6 1
Providence   3 5 0
Columbia   3 6 0
Massachusetts State   3 6 0
Colgate   2 5 0
Buffalo   2 6 0
Yale   2 6 0
Tufts   1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. The Wildcats were led by third-year head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith and played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. For the second year in a row, Villanova ended the season undefeated with a record of 8–0–1, and were ranked 18th in the final AP poll. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 American International W 59–0
October 8at Muhlenberg
W 25–7 [2]
October 15 Centre W 35–6
October 23 Detroit No. 20
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–625,000 [3]
October 28at South Carolina No. 15
T 6–6 [4]
November 5 Auburn
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 25–1217,000 [5]
November 12at Temple No. 19
W 20–7
November 19at Boston University No. 15W 39–6 [6]
November 24at Manhattan No. 16W 20–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. "Villanova Victor, 25-7". The New York Times . October 9, 1938. p. 82.
  3. Perry Lewis (October 24, 1938). "Villanova Conquers Detroit, 13 to 6: 25,000 See 2 Long Runs Win for 'Cats". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 15, 17 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "South Carolina Holds Villanova to 6 to 6". Daily Boston Globe . October 29, 1938. p. 5.
  5. "Villanova is 25–12 winner". Allentown Morning Call. November 6, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Hurwitz, Hy (November 20, 1938). "Unbeaten Villanova Tramples Boston U., 39-6--Irish Sub's Score and Goal Tops Northwestern 9-7". Daily Boston Globe. p. B27.
  7. "1938 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  8. "Villanova Yearly Results". CFB Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.