1943 Villanova Wildcats football team

1943 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (1st season)
Home stadium	Villanova Stadium

1943 Eastern college football independents records

	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 18	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	W 35–12
September 25	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–27
October 9	Sampson NTS	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 7–17
October 16	Bucknell	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 12–8
October 24	Lakehurst NAS	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 27–14
November 6	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 45–22
November 14	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–12
November 20	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 34–7