1937 Villanova Wildcats football team

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The 1937 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova College during the 1937 college football season. The Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith and played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Villanova ended the season undefeated with a record of 8–0–1, allowing only one score all year. They ranked 6th in the final AP Poll, the highest finish in Wildcats team history.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 6
Record8–0–1
Headcoach
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1937 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 6
Record8–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumShibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh â€“ 9–0–1
No. 6 Villanova â€“ 8–0–1
No. 3 Fordham â€“ 7–0–1
No. 7 Dartmouth â€“ 7–0–2
No. T–14 Holy Cross â€“ 8–0–2
St. Thomas (PA) â€“ 6–1–1
No. 12 Yale â€“ 6–1–1
Army â€“ 7–2–0
Boston University â€“ 6–2–0
Cornell â€“ 5–2–1
Harvard â€“ 5–2–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–2–1
CCNY â€“ 5–2–0
No. 12 Manhattan â€“ 6–3–1
Penn State â€“ 5–3–0
Duquesne â€“ 6–4–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Temple â€“ 3–2–4
Boston College â€“ 4–4–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–3–2
Buffalo â€“ 4–4–0
Princeton â€“ 4–4–0
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Colgate â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–5–2
Hofstra â€“ 2–4–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 2–5–1
Penn â€“ 2–5–1
Providence â€“ 2–6–0
Vermont â€“ 2–6–0
La Salle â€“ 2–7–0
Massachusetts State â€“ 1–7–1
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Pennsylvania MilitaryW 42–0
October 9AuburnT 0–015,000[2]
October 16at ManhattanW 20–018,000[3]
October 23Bucknell
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–03,500[4]
October 30at No. T–18 DetroitNo. 16W 7–0[5]
November 6MarquetteNo. 13
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 25–712,000[6]
November 13at Boston UniversityNo. 9W 12–015,000[7][8]
November 20vs. TempleNo. 10
W 33–035,000[9]
November 28at Loyola (CA)No. 7W 25–020,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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