1947 Villanova Wildcats football team

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

1947 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Penn			–					7	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Columbia			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0

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.

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