1942 Villanova Wildcats football team

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

1942 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumShibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 10Manhattan Beach Coast Guard
L 13–2018,000[3]
October 17Florida
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–38,051[4]
October 23at Auburn
L 6–1410,000[5]
November 1Manhattan
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–0
November 6Iowa State
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–78,827
November 15at Detroit
L 0–911,755[6]
November 21Duquesne
L 0–6
November 28at Temple
W 20–7

[7]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. Newspapers.com
    .
  3. Newspapers.com
    .
  4. Newspapers.com
    .
  5. Newspapers.com
    .
  6. Newspapers.com
    .
  7. ^ "Villanova State Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2017.


Stub icon

This college football 1940s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1942_Villanova_Wildcats_football_team&oldid=1178362191"