1937 Villanova Wildcats football team

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]

1937 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 6
1937 record	8–0–1
Head coach	Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (2nd season)
Home stadium	Villanova Stadium

1937 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross			–					8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 12 Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	4
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra			–					2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	5	–	1
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
October 2	Pennsylvania Military		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 42–0
October 9	Auburn		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0
October 16	at Manhattan		Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 20–0
October 23	Bucknell		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0
October 30	at No. 18 Detroit	No. 16	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 7–0
November 6	Marquette	No. 13	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 25–7
November 13	at Boston University	No. 9	Fenway Park[2] Boston, MA	W 12–0
November 20	vs. Temple	No. 10	Temple Stadium[3] Philadelphia, PA	W 33–0
November 28	at Loyola (CA)	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum[4] Los Angeles, CA	W 25–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[5][6]

References

1. "Villanova Wildcats School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
2. Nason, Jerry (November 11, 1937). "Unbeaten Villanova Gumshoes to Secret Drill Field, Eluding Even Scribes on Eve of B.U. Clash". Daily Boston Globe. p. 23.
3. "Villanova Passes Conquer Temple by 33-0 Before Crowd of 35,000 at Philadelphia". The New York Times. November 21, 1937. p. 73.
4. Curtis, Charles (November 29, 1937). "Villanova Beats Lions". Los Angeles Times. p. A11.
5. "1937 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
6. "Villanova Yearly Results". CFB Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.