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
Record	8–0–1
Head coach	Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (2nd season)
Home stadium	Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	0
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
Providence			–					2	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Pennsylvania Military		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 42–0
October 9	Auburn		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0	15,000	^[2]
October 16	at Manhattan		Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 20–0
October 23	Bucknell		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0	3,500	^[3]
October 30	at No. T–18 Detroit	No. 16	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 7–0		^[4]
November 6	Marquette	No. 13	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 25–7	12,000	^[5]
November 13	at Boston University	No. 9	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 12–0	15,000	^[6]^[7]
November 20	vs. Temple	No. 10	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 33–0	35,000	^[8]
November 28	at Loyola (CA)	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 25–0	20,000	^[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "Villanova Wildcats School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
2. "Wildcats battle Auburn gridders to scoreless tie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Stan Baumgartner (October 24, 1937). "Wildcats Beat Bucknell, 21-0; Stoviak Shines". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Lewis H. Walter (October 31, 1937). "Fumbles and Punting Bring Titan Disaster". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Fred Byrod (November 7, 1937). "Wildcats Go on Scoring Spree Against Marquette". p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. 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.
7. "Villanova Cops 12-to-0 Triumph". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 12, 1937. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Villanova Passes Conquer Temple by 33-0 Before Crowd of 35,000 at Philadelphia". The New York Times. November 21, 1937. p. 73.
9. Charles Curtis (November 29, 1937). "Villanova Beats Lions". Los Angeles Times. pp. II-11, II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "1937 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
11. . CFB Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.