1940 Villanova Wildcats football team

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]

1940 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record4–5
Head coach
CaptainMichael Basca
Home stadiumShibe Park
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Providence    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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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 0–1030,251[2]
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 10–1415,000[3]
December 7at AuburnL 10–13

References

  1. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. W. W. Edgar (October 28, 1940). "Unbeaten U-D Shatters Villanova Jinx, 10-0: U. of D. Wins No. 5 in Row to End Long Villanova Domination". Detroit Free Press. pp. 13, 14 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Duquesne Triumphs Over Villanova, 14-10". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1940. p. 1S via Newspapers.com.
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