1941 Villanova Wildcats football team

1941 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainEdward Korisky
Home stadiumShibe Park
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Saint Francis (PA)   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Rochester   –   6 – 1 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 1 – 0
Wagner   –   5 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 2 – 0
Coast Guard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Norwich   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   5 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
La Salle   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 2
Colgate   –   3 – 3 – 2
Providence   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   3 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Villanova Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Villanova University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 84 to 58.[1]

Center Ed Korisky was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.[2]

Villanova was ranked at No. 59 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Centre
W 38–322,000[5]
October 11Florida
W 6–0> 20,000[6]
October 17at Baylor
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–631,360[7]
October 24at ManhattanNo. T–19
L 6–910,000[8]
November 1at No. 16 Duquesne
L 0–720,698[9]
November 8at Temple
L 13–1430,000[10]
November 16at Detroit
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–623,480[11]
November 22at Auburn
  • Shibe Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–1312,000[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1941 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  5. ^ Perry Lewis (October 5, 1941). "Centre Sunk By Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Perry Lewis (October 12, 1941). "Florida Sunk By Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Perry Lewis (October 18, 1941). "Villanova Reverses Baylor, 14-6: Joe Pezelski Paces Wildcats As 31,360 See Texas Team Fall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 19, 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Joe Trimble (October 25, 1941). "Jaspers Lead Wildcats, 9-0, at Polo Grounds". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Eddie Beachler (November 2, 1941). "Dukes Beat Villanova, 7 To 0: Ball Scores After March Of 80 Yards". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. III-9, III-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Stan Baumgartner (November 9, 1941). "Temple Comes From Behind To Shade Villanova, 14-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ John N. Sabo (November 17, 1941). "Titans' Air Attack Bottled and Villanova Wins, 7 to 6". Detroit Free Press. pp. 14, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Perry Lewis (November 23, 1941). "Auburn Beats Villanova Foe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.