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1949 Villanova Wildcats football team

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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]

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 13
Record8–1
Headcoach
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1949 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainDaniel Brown
Home stadiumFranklin Field, Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons
 1948
1950 
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1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Vincent  1000
No. 4 Army  900
Gannon  800
Trinity (CT)  800
Brown  810
No. 12 Cornell  810
No. 13 Villanova  810
Bucknell  620
Dartmouth  620
Buffalo  630
Pittsburgh  630
Princeton  630
Fordham  530
Tufts  531
Carnegie Tech  531
Penn State  540
Temple  540
Penn  440
Yale  440
Boston College  441
Syracuse  450
Drexel  331
Duquesne  360
Franklin & Marshall  252
CCNY  251
NYU  360
Columbia  270
Hofstra  151
Colgate  180
Harvard  180
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Texas A&MW 35–029,000[2]
September 24at Penn StateW 27–622,080
September 30at DetroitW 34–722,951[3]
October 7Saint Mary'sNo. 16W 28–2014,632[4]
October 14TulsaNo. 17L 19–2112,000
October 22at DuquesneW 20–014,702[5][6]
October 28at Boston CollegeW 28–1425,789
November 5at GeorgetownW 29–1411,071[7]
November 19NC State
W 45–2123,000[8]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP16171613 (2)
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