1952 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1952 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard Haner
Home stadium Franklin Field, Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Rochester   8 0 0
Hofstra   8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton   8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall   7 1 0
Villanova   7 1 1
Holy Cross   8 2 0
Yale   7 2 0
Penn State   7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse   7 3 0
Bucknell   6 3 0
Colgate   6 3 0
Pittsburgh   6 3 0
Carnegie Tech   4 3 0
Harvard   5 4 0
Boston University   5 4 1
Penn   4 3 2
Army   4 4 1
Boston College   4 4 1
Tufts   3 4 1
Drexel   3 4 0
Fordham   2 5 1
NYU   2 5 1
Columbia   2 6 1
Brown   2 7 0
Cornell   2 7 0
Dartmouth   2 7 0
Temple   2 7 1
Buffalo   1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1952 college football season. The head coach was Art Raimo, coaching his second season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Kentucky W 25–633,000 [2]
September 27at Clemson W 14–728,000 [3]
October 4at Detroit No. 12W 21–713,521 [4]
October 11 Wake Forest No. 14W 20–010,000 [5]
October 17at Boston College No. 15W 28–723,415
October 25at Xavier No. 12W 34–20 [6]
October 31Parris Island MarinesNo. 10T 20–20
November 8at Tulsa No. 11L 6–4218,000
November 22 Boston University
W 51–610,000 [7]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  2. "Villanova blasts Kentucky". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Clemson falls to Villanova". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 28, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Dick Peters (October 5, 1952). "Villanova Squeezes Past U-D by 21-7 Margin". Detroit Free Press. pp. C1, C3 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Deacons lose to Villanova". The News and Observer. October 12, 1952. Retrieved December 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Villanova whips Xavier, 34 to 20". Wilmington Morning News. October 27, 1952. Retrieved May 13, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Bench-Riders's Tackle Gives Villanova TD in 51-6 Romp". Press & Sun-Bulletin . Binghamton, New York. United Press. November 23, 1952. p. 54. Retrieved June 11, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. "Villanova Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2017.