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 coachClipper Smith (5th season)
CaptainMichael Basca
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Colgate      5 3 0
Harvard      3 2 3
Dartmouth      5 4 0
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      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
Massachusetts State      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5Pennsylvania MilitaryW 53–14
October 11Florida
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–0
October 19at Baylor
L 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

Source:[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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