1949 Villanova Wildcats football team

1949 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 13
Record	8–1
Head coach	Jim Leonard (1st season)
Captain	Daniel Brown
Home stadium	Franklin Field, Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium

1949 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Vincent			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova			–					8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	5	–	2
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1949 college football season. The head coach was Jim Leonard, coaching his first season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 35–0
September 24	at Penn State		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–6	22,080
September 30	at Detroit		University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 34–7	22,951	[2]
October 7	Saint Mary's	No. 16	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 28–20	14,632	[3]
October 14	Tulsa	No. 17	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 19–21	12,000
October 22	at Duquesne		Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 20–0	14,702	[4][5]
October 28	at Boston College		Braves Field Boston, MA	W 28–14	25,789
November 5	at Georgetown		Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 29–14	11,071	[6]
November 19	NC State		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 45–21	23,000	[7]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	16	17	—	—	—	—	—	16	13 (2)

References

1. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
2. Dick Peters (October 1, 1949). "Villanova Sinks Titans at Long Range, 34-7". Detroit Free Press. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Mort Berry (October 8, 1949). "Villanova Tops St. Mary's, 28-20: Cats' Passes, Runs Turn Back Gaels". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 18, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Berry, Mort (October 23, 1949). "Villanova Wins, 20-0, Against Duquesne". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 51. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. Berry, Mort (October 23, 1949). "Romanik Stars as Villanova Turns Back Duquesne, 20-0, (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 52. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. Berry, Mort (November 5, 1949). "Villanova Wins, 29-14, Against Georgetown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Villanova's surge downs N.C. State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 20, 1949. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Villanova Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2017.