1897 Villanova Wildcats football team

1897 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	John F. Bagley (1st season)
Captain	John F. Bagley
Home stadium	none

1897 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	3	–	2
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					6	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	6	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	2
Lehigh			–					3	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	6	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

The 1897 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University during the 1897 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	South End Wheelmen	Villanova, PA	W 14–0
October 9	at Hill School	Pottstown, PA	L 6–16
October 16	at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	L 0–28
October 23	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 0–52
	Philadelphia Dental College	Villanova, PA	W 52–0
November 10	at Manhattan	New York, NY	L 0–8
	at Fordham	New York, NY	T 0–0
November 20	Manhattan	Villanova, PA	L 12–18
	Fordham	Villanova, PA	W 17–0