1952 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1952 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1952 college football season. The head coach was Art Raimo, coaching his second season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.[1]

1952 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard Haner
Home stadiumFranklin Field, Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
1952 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hofstra    8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton    8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall    7 1 0
Villanova    7 1 1
Holy Cross    8 2 0
Yale    7 2 0
Penn State    7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse    7 3 0
Bucknell    6 3 0
Colgate    6 3 0
Pittsburgh    6 3 0
Carnegie Tech    4 3 0
Harvard    5 4 0
Boston University    5 4 1
Penn    4 3 2
Army    4 4 1
Boston College    4 4 1
Tufts    3 4 1
Drexel    3 4 0
Fordham    2 5 1
NYU    2 5 1
Columbia    2 6 1
Brown    2 7 0
Cornell    2 7 0
Dartmouth    2 7 0
Temple    2 7 1
Buffalo    1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at KentuckyW 25–633,000[2]
September 27at ClemsonW 14–7
October 4at DetroitNo. 12W 21–713,521[3]
October 11Wake ForestNo. 14W 20–010,000
October 17at Boston CollegeNo. 15W 28–723,415
October 25at XavierNo. 12W 34–20[4]
October 31Parris Island MarinesNo. 10T 20–20
November 8at TulsaNo. 11L 6–4218,000
November 22Boston University
W 51–610,000[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "2016 Villanova football Media Guide". Villanova.com. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  2. "Villanova blasts Kentucky". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Dick Peters (October 5, 1952). "Villanova Squeezes Past U-D by 21-7 Margin". Detroit Free Press. pp. C1, C3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Villanova whips Xavier, 34 to 20". Wilmington Morning News. October 27, 1952. Retrieved May 13, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bench-Riders's Tackle Gives Villanova TD in 51-6 Romp". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, New York. United Press. November 23, 1952. p. 54. Retrieved June 11, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Villanova Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2017.


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