1943 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1943 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadium Shibe Park
Seasons
  1942
1944  
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College   4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall   7 1 0
Dartmouth   6 1 0
Rochester   6 1 0
No. 11 Army   7 2 1
Holy Cross   6 2 0
Tufts   6 2 0
No. 20 Penn   6 2 1
Brown   5 3 0
Villanova   5 3 0
Colgate   5 3 1
Penn State   5 3 1
Bucknell   6 4 0
Cornell   6 4 0
Harvard   2 2 1
Yale   4 5 0
Pittsburgh   3 5 0
Temple   2 6 0
CCNY   1 3 1
Princeton   1 6 0
Carnegie Tech   0 4 1
Columbia   0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1943 college football season. The head coach was Jordan Olivar, coaching his first season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. [1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Villanova ranked 78th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 74.0. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Muhlenberg Allentown, PA W 35–12
September 25at Army L 0–27
October 102:30 p.m. Sampson NTS L 7–178,000–10,000 [3] [4] [5] [6]
October 16 Bucknell
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–8 [7]
October 248:30 p.m. Lakehurst NAS
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–145,000 [8] [9] [10]
November 6at Princeton W 45–225,000 [11]
November 14at Holy Cross L 7–12
November 20at Temple
W 34–7

References

  1. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. Tumelty, Joe (October 10, 1943). "Villanova, Sampson Play Today". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 4S. Retrieved April 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. Tumelty, Joe (October 11, 1943). "Villanova Is Jarred, 17-7, By Sampson". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 23. Retrieved April 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. Tumelty, Joe (October 11, 1943). "Sampson Trims Villanova, 17-7 (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 24. Retrieved April 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. "Varied Sampson Attack Vanquishes Villanova, 17-7". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, New York. Associated Press. October 11, 1943. p. 23. Retrieved April 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. Joe Tumelty (October 17, 1943). "Villanova Wins, 12-8". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S2 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Tumelty, Joe (October 23, 1943). "Villanova Plays Lakehurst Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved April 25, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. Tumelty, Joe (October 24, 1943). "Villanova Scores, 27-14, Over Plucky Lakehurst". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. S1. Retrieved April 25, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  10. Tumelty, Joe (October 24, 1943). "Villanova Beats Lakehurst, 27-14 (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. S4. Retrieved April 25, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  11. Joe Tumelty (November 7, 1943). "Villanova Passes Defeat Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 6S via Newspapers.com.