1947 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1947 Villanova Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Villanova University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jordan Olivar, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and lost to Kentucky in the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl.[1][2]

1947 Villanova Wildcats football
Great Lakes Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Kentucky
ConferenceIndependent
1947 record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainAlfred Barker
Home stadiumShibe Park, Villanova Stadium
1947 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Penn State   –    9 –0 –1
No. 7 Penn   –    7 –0 –1
Muhlenberg   –    9 –1 –0
Buffalo   –    8 –1 –0
No. 20 Columbia   –    7 –2 –0
No. 11 Army   –    5 –2 –2
Yale   –    6 –3 –0
Villanova   –    6 –3 –1
Boston University   –    5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –    5 –3 –0
Princeton   –    5 –3 –0
Tufts   –    5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    4 –3 –1
Boston College   –    5 –4 –0
Brown   –    4 –4 –1
Dartmouth   –    4 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –    4 –4 –2
Harvard   –    4 –5 –0
Cornell   –    4 –5 –0
Syracuse   –    3 –6 –0
NYU   –    2 –5 –1
Colgate   –    1 –5 –2
Temple   –    2 –6 –0
Bucknell   –    2 –7 –0
Duquesne   –    2 –8 –0
Fordham   –    1 –6 –1
Pittsburgh   –    1 –8 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    0 –6 –0
Drexel   –    0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The team played three of its home games at Shibe Park in Philadelphia and one game at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Merchant Marine
W 60–010,000[3]
September 27at Army
L 0–1328,000[4]
October 3Miami (FL)
T 7–726,500[5]
October 11at Holy Cross
W 13–620,047[6]
October 18Detroit
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–1215,572[7]
October 24at Boston College
L 0–640,184[8]
November 8at Marquette
W 25–712,000[9]
November 15Georgetown
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–1215,000[10]
November 23at San Francisco
W 21–1920,000[11]
December 6vs. Kentucky
L 14–2415,000[12]

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References
  1. "1947 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. Mort Berry (September 21, 1947). "Villanova Victor, 60-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Gene Ward (September 28, 1947). "Army Wins, 13-0, on Villanova". The Daily News (New York City). pp. C41, C43 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Mort Berry (October 4, 1947). "2nd-Half Rally By Villanova Ties Miami". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 15, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Jerry Nason (October 12, 1947). "Superior Villanova Eleven Held to 13-6 Margin, but Outclasses Holy Cross". The Boston Globe. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. W. W. Edgar (October 20, 1947). "It's a Sad, Sad Day For Detroit Elevens: Villanova Jinx Stops U-D, 14-12". Detroit Free Press. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Jerry Nason (October 25, 1947). "Player Attacks Referee as B.C. Tips Villanova, 6-0". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Villanova Tops Marquette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1947. pp. S1, S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Mort Berry (November 15, 1947). "Villanova Turns Back Georgetown, 14-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Harry Borba (November 24, 1947). "Villanova Rally Nips Dons, 21-19". the San Francisco Examiner. pp. 21, 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Larry Boeck (December 7, 1947). "Only 15,000 See U.K. Drop Villanova 24-14 In Great Lakes Bowl". The Courier-Journal. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Villanova State Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
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