1942 Villanova Wildcats football team

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The 1942 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1942 college football season. The head coach was Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, coaching his seventh season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.[1]

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Record4–4
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1942 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumShibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
 1941
1943 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams  710
No. 19 Penn State  611
No. 8 Boston College  820
Buffalo  620
Bucknell  621
Colgate  621
Army  630
Syracuse  630
Duquesne  631
Yale  530
Fordham  531
Penn  531
No. T–19 Holy Cross  541
Dartmouth  540
Brown  440
Villanova  440
Vermont  430
Carnegie Tech  330
Boston University  450
Cornell  351
Princeton  351
Temple  253
Columbia  360
Pittsburgh  360
Tufts  251
Franklin & Marshall  142
Massachusetts State  250
Harvard  261
Manhattan  260
CCNY  171
Rankings from AP Poll
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Villanova was ranked at No. 61 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10Manhattan Beach Coast GuardL 13–2018,000[3]
October 17Florida
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–38,051[4]
October 23at AuburnL 6–1410,000[5]
November 1Manhattan
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–0
November 6Iowa State
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–78,827
November 15at DetroitL 0–911,755[6]
November 21DuquesneL 0–6
November 28at Temple
W 20–7
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