1929 Villanova Wildcats football team

1929 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainEdward Melanson
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Pittsburgh     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Fordham     7 0 2
Bucknell     8 2 0
No. 11 Penn     7 2 0
Boston College     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Cornell     6 2 0
Tufts     5 1 2
Harvard     5 2 1
Yale     5 2 1
NYU     7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 2 2
Drexel     6 3 1
Temple     6 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Army     6 4 1
Providence     3 3 2
Brown     5 5 0
Columbia     4 5 0
CCNY     2 4 2
Princeton     2 4 1
Boston University     3 6 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1929 college football season. The head coach was Harry Stuhldreher, coaching his fifth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Lebanon ValleyW 32–13
October 5Loyola (MD)
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
W 16–7
October 122:00 p.m.at Boston CollegeT 7–7[2]
October 19Catholic University
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
W 12–0[3]
October 26Duke
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
W 58–12
November 2Oglethorpe
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
W 17–710,000[4]
November 9vs. BucknellScranton, PAL 0–9[5]
November 16Davis & ElkinsL 6–12
November 23NC State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 24–68,000[6]
November 30at Temple
W 15–012,000[7]

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References

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  1. ^ "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Creedon To Face Villanova". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Cardinals fall, but Hats are undoffed as Villanova wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1929. p. S1. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Villanova streaks to 17–7 unseating of Oglethorpe foe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 3, 1929. Retrieved February 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Stan Baumgartner (November 10, 1929). "Bucknell Hands Villanova 9-0 Jolt: Wildcats Lose To Eleven that Last Beat Them". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wildcats score in each period and triumph over North Carolina foemen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1929. Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Villanova Conquers Temple Rival, 15 to 0: Final Period Frenzy of Scoring Tallies All Wildcat Scores". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, 1929. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Villanova State Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2017.