1940 Villanova Wildcats football team

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1940 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record4–5
Head coach
CaptainMichael Basca
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College     11 0 0
Duquesne     7 1 0
No. 14 Penn     6 1 1
Penn State     6 1 1
No. 12 Fordham     7 2 0
No. 15 Cornell     6 2 0
Princeton     5 2 1
Columbia     5 2 2
Brown     6 3 1
Bucknell     4 2 2
Boston University     5 3 0
Colgate     5 3 0
Hofstra     4 3 0
Harvard     3 2 3
Dartmouth     5 4 0
Temple     4 4 1
Tufts     4 4 0
Vermont     4 4 0
Villanova     4 5 0
Pittsburgh     3 4 1
Syracuse     3 4 1
Buffalo     3 5 0
Carnegie Tech     3 5 0
Manhattan     3 6 0
NYU     2 7 0
Yale     1 7 0
Army     1 7 1
CCNY     1 5 1
Massachusetts State     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1940 college football season. The head coach was Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, coaching his fifth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5Pennsylvania MilitaryW 53–14
October 11Florida
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–0
October 19at BaylorL 0–7
October 27Detroit
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–10
November 1Kansas
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 33–7
November 9at Temple
L 0–28
November 16at ManhattanW 13–6
November 23Duquesne
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 10–14
December 7at AuburnL 10–13

[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Villanova State Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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