1938 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1938 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova College during the 1938 college football season. The Wildcats were led by third-year head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith and played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For the second year in a row, Villanova ended the season undefeated with a record of 8–0–1, and were ranked 18th in the final AP Poll.[1]

1938 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 18
1938 record	8–0–1
Head coach	Clipper Smith (3rd season)
Home stadium	Villanova Stadium

1938 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
October 1	American International		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 59–0
October 8	at Muhlenberg		Jack Coffield Stadium[2] Allentown, PA	W 25–7
October 15	Centre		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 35–6
October 23	Detroit	No. 20	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 13–6
October 28	at South Carolina	No. 15	Orangeburg County fairgrounds[3] Orangeburg, SC	T 6–6
November 5	Auburn		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 25–12
November 12	at Temple	No. 19	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 20–7
November 19	at Boston University	No. 15	Fenway Park[4] Boston, MA	W 39–6
November 24	at Manhattan	No. 16	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 20–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[5][6]

References

1. "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
2. "Villanova Victor, 25-7". New York Times. October 9, 1938. p. 82.
3. "South Carolina Holds Villanova to 6 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. October 29, 1938. p. 5.
4. Hurwitz, Hy (November 20, 1938). "Unbeaten Villanova Tramples Boston U., 39-6--Irish Sub's Score and Goal Tops Northwestern 9-7". Daily Boston Globe. p. B27.
5. "1938 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
6. "Villanova Yearly Results". CFB Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.