1942 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1942 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadium Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1943  →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams  – 7 –1 –0
No. 19 Penn State  – 6 –1 –1
No. 8 Boston College  – 8 –2 –0
Buffalo  – 6 –2 –0
Bucknell  – 6 –2 –1
Colgate  – 6 –2 –1
Army  – 6 –3 –0
Syracuse  – 6 –3 –0
Duquesne  – 6 –3 –1
Yale  – 5 –3 –0
Fordham  – 5 –3 –1
Penn  – 5 –3 –1
No. T–19 Holy Cross  – 5 –4 –1
Dartmouth  – 5 –4 –0
Brown  – 4 –4 –0
Villanova  – 4 –4 –0
Vermont  – 4 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 3 –3 –0
Boston University  – 4 –5 –0
Cornell  – 3 –5 –1
Princeton  – 3 –5 –1
Temple  – 2 –5 –3
Columbia  – 3 –6 –0
Pittsburgh  – 3 –6 –0
Tufts  – 2 –5 –1
Franklin & Marshall  – 1 –4 –2
Massachusetts State  – 2 –5 –0
Harvard  – 2 –6 –1
Drexel  – 2 –6 –0
Manhattan  – 2 –6 –0
CCNY  – 1 –7 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1942 college football season. The head coach was Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, coaching his seventh season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. [1]

Villanova was ranked at No. 61 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10 Manhattan Beach Coast Guard
L 13–208,000 [3]
October 17 Florida
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–3
October 23at Auburn
L 6–14
November 1 Manhattan
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–0
November 6 Iowa State
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–78,827
November 15at Detroit
L 0–911,755 [4]
November 21 Duquesne
L 0–6
November 28at Temple
W 20–7

[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Coast Guards Jolt Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1942. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Harold Kahl (November 16, 1942). "Titan Forwards Set Stage for Victory: Their Charges Lead to Safety And Touchdown". Detroit Times. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Villanova State Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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