1949 Villanova Wildcats football team

1949 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1949 Villanova Wildcats football
1949 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 13
1949 record	8–1
Head coach	Jim Leonard (1st season);
Captain	Daniel Brown
Home stadium	Villanova Stadium
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

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]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 35–0
September 24	at Penn State		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–6	22,080
October 1	at Detroit		University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 34–7	22,951	^[2]
October 7	Saint Mary's (CA)	No. 16	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 28–20	14,632	^[3]
October 14	Tulsa	No. 17	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 19–21	12,000
October 22	at Duquesne		Pittsburgh, PA	W 20–0
October 28	at Boston College		Braves Field Boston, MA	W 28–14	25,789
November 5	at Georgetown		Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 29–14	11,071	^[4]
November 19	NC State		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 45–21
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
^ Dick Peters (October 1, 1949). "Villanova Sinks Titans at Long Range, 34-7". Detroit Free Press. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.
^ Berry, Mort (November 5, 1949). "Villanova Wins, 29-14, Against Georgetown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Villanova Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 14, 2017.

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National championship seasons in bold

1949 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Army		–		9	–	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