1939 Villanova Wildcats football team

1939 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Head coach	Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (4th season)
Captain	Andrew Chisick
Home stadium	Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons ←  1938 1940  →

1939 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1939 college football season. The head coach was Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, coaching his fourth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Muhlenberg	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 14–0
October 6	South Carolina	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 40–0
October 14	at Texas A&M	Tyler, TX	L 7–33	14,000	[2]
October 28	Arkansas	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 7–0
November 4	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 13–6
November 11	at Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 9–10
November 18	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 12–6
November 25	at Manhattan	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 7–0

Source: ^[3]

References

1. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
2. "A. & M. Beats Villanova: Farmers Blast Wildcats, 33-7". Austin American-Statesman. October 15, 1939. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Villanova State Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2017.