1938 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1938 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova College as an independent 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 Villanova, 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
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 18
Record8–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumShibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
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
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
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

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1American InternationalW 59–0
October 8at Muhlenberg
W 25–7[2]
October 15CentreW 35–6
October 23DetroitNo. 20
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–625,000[3]
October 28at South CarolinaNo. 15
T 6–6[4]
November 5Auburn
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 25–1217,000[5]
November 12at TempleNo. 19
W 20–7
November 19at Boston UniversityNo. 15W 39–6[6]
November 24at ManhattanNo. 16W 20–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  1. ^ "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Villanova Victor, 25-7". The New York Times. October 9, 1938. p. 82.
  3. ^ Perry Lewis (October 24, 1938). "Villanova Conquers Detroit, 13 to 6: 25,000 See 2 Long Runs Win for 'Cats". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 15, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "South Carolina Holds Villanova to 6 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. October 29, 1938. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Villanova is 25–12 winner". Allentown Morning Call. November 6, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "1938 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Villanova Yearly Results". CFB Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.