1943 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1943 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1943 college football season. The head coach was Jordan Olivar, coaching his first season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.^[1]

1943 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (1st season)
Home stadium	Shibe Park
Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

1943 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					4	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	0
Rochester			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					7	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Villanova ranked 78th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 74.0.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18		at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	W 35–12
September 25		at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–27
October 10	2:30 p.m.	Sampson NTS	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 7–17	8,000–10,000	[3][4][5][6]
October 16		Bucknell	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 12–8		[7]
October 24	8:30 p.m.	Lakehurst NAS	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 27–14	5,000	[8][9][10]
November 6		at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 45–22	5,000	[11]
November 14		at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–12
November 20		at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 34–7
All times are in Eastern time