1951 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1951 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1951 college football season. The head coach was Art Raimo, coaching his first season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.^[1]

1951 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Art Raimo (1st season)
Captains	Domenic Liotta Joseph Rilo
Home stadium	Shibe Park
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Army		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 21–7
October 6	vs. Penn State		Allentown High Stadium Allentown, PA	W 20–14
October 12	at Alabama		Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	W 41–18	15,000	[2]
October 20	at Kentucky	No. 12	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 13–35	35,000	[3]
October 27	at Houston		Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 33–27
November 10	Detroit		Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 26–7	7,500	[4]
November 17	at Boston College		Braves Field Boston MA	L 13–20	7,782
November 24	at LSU		State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA	L 7–45	13,000	[5]
December 1	at Tulsa		Tulsa, OK	Cancelled		[6]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game