1945 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1945 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1945 college football season. The head coach was Jordan Olivar, coaching his third season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.^[1]

1945 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (3rd season)
Captain	Charles Wede
Home stadium	Shibe Park
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 19–7	5,000	[2]
September 29		at Navy	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 0–49
October 7		vs. Marquette	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 6–0	15,000	[3]
October 14		at No. 12 Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–26	26,000	[4]
October 20		Detroit	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 14–0	11,000	[5]
October 27		at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 2–33	15,000	[6]
November 3		at No. 1 Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–54	12,000	[7]
November 10	8:30 p.m.	Boston College	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 41–0	4,000	[8]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game