1949 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1949 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record8–1
Head coach
Captain Daniel Brown
Home stadium Franklin Field, Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
  1948
1950  
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Vincent   10 0 0
No. 4 Army   9 0 0
Trinity (CT)   8 0 0
Brown   8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell   8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova   8 1 0
Bucknell   6 2 0
Dartmouth   6 2 0
Buffalo   6 3 0
Pittsburgh   6 3 0
Princeton   6 3 0
Fordham   5 3 0
Tufts   5 3 1
Carnegie Tech   5 3 1
Penn State   5 4 0
Temple   5 4 0
Penn   4 4 0
Yale   4 4 0
Boston College   4 4 1
Syracuse   4 5 0
Drexel   3 3 1
Duquesne   3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall   2 5 2
CCNY   2 5 1
NYU   3 6 0
Columbia   2 7 0
Hofstra   1 5 1
Colgate   1 8 0
Harvard   1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1949 college football season. The head coach was Jim Leonard, coaching his first season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Texas A&M W 35–0
September 24at Penn State W 27–622,080
September 30at Detroit W 34–722,951 [2]
October 7 Saint Mary's No. 16W 28–2014,632 [3]
October 14 Tulsa No. 17L 19–2112,000
October 22at Duquesne W 20–014,702 [4] [5]
October 28at Boston College W 28–1425,789
November 5at Georgetown W 29–1411,071 [6]
November 19 NC State
W 45–2123,000 [7]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP 16171613 (2)

References

  1. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. Dick Peters (October 1, 1949). "Villanova Sinks Titans at Long Range, 34-7". Detroit Free Press. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Mort Berry (October 8, 1949). "Villanova Tops St. Mary's, 28-20: Cats' Passes, Runs Turn Back Gaels". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 18, 20 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Berry, Mort (October 23, 1949). "Villanova Wins, 20-0, Against Duquesne". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 51. Retrieved April 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. Berry, Mort (October 23, 1949). "Romanik Stars as Villanova Turns Back Duquesne, 20-0, (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 52. Retrieved April 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. Berry, Mort (November 5, 1949). "Villanova Wins, 29-14, Against Georgetown". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Villanova's surge downs N.C. State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 20, 1949. Retrieved December 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Villanova Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2017.