1936 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1936 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, the Wildcats compiled a record of 7–2–1.

1936 Villanova Wildcats football
Bacardi Bowl, T 7–7 vs. Auburn
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (1st season)
Home stadium	Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium

1936 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Pennsylvania Military	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 32–6
October 3	Detroit	Shibe Park PhiladelphiaA	W 13–6	18,000
October 10	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 13–0	9,593
October 17	Western Maryland	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 13–0
October 24	Boston University	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 25–7
October 31	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 0–6	12,000
November 7	at South Carolina	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 14–0	4,000
November 14	at No. 19 Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6
November 21	at Manhattan	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 12–0
January 1, 1937	vs. Auburn	La Tropical Stadium Havana, Cuba (Bacardi Bowl)	T 7–7	6,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game