1947 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1947 Villanova Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Villanova University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jordan Olivar, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and lost to Kentucky in the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl.^[1][2]

1947 Villanova Wildcats football
Great Lakes Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Kentucky
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3–1
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (5th season)
Captain	Alfred Barker
Home stadium	Shibe Park, Villanova Stadium
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Springfield			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Merchant Marine			–					2	–	9	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP poll

Villanova was ranked at No. 47 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[3]

The team played three of its home games at Shibe Park in Philadelphia and one game at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Merchant Marine	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 60–0	10,000	[4]
September 27	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–13	28,000	[5]
October 3	Miami (FL)	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	26,500	[6]
October 11	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 13–6	20,047	[7]
October 18	Detroit	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 14–12	15,572	[8]
October 24	at Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 0–6	40,184	[9]
November 8	at Marquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 25–7	12,000	[10]
November 15	Georgetown	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 14–12	15,000	[11]
November 23	at San Francisco	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 21–19	20,000	[12]
December 6	vs. Kentucky	Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH (Great Lakes Bowl)	L 14–24	15,000	[13]

Roster

Jordan Olivar, head coach
Al Barker
Ed Berrang, drafted in the fifth round of the 1949 NFL draft
Dan Brown
Romeo Capriotti, Frankford High football star
Jim Caulfield
Tom Clavin
Cullen
Bill Doherty
Andy Gordon
Don Griffith
Kane
Komarnicki
Lilenthal
Ralph Pasquariello, drafted in the first round of the 1950 NFL draft
Bob Polidor, a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High
Steve Romanik
Sandusky
Al Schmid
John Siano, baseball and football standout from Curtis High on Staten Island
T. Smith
Billy Wolff ^[8][4][6][7]