1902 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1902 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1902 college football season. The team's captain was Timothy O'Rourke.^[1]

1902 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3
Head coach	Richard Kelly & Timothy O'Rourke (1st season)
Captain	Timothy O'Rourke
Home stadium	None
Seasons ← 1901 1903 →

1902 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ursinus			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	0	–	1
Geneva			–					7	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					6	–	4	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	6	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					5	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	7	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 11	at Penn State	Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–32	[2]
October 15	at Fordham	New York, NY	W 15–6	[3]
October 18	at Seton Hall	South Orange, NJ	W 22–11
October 25	at Wilmington AA	Wilmington, DE	L 0–6	[4]
November 1	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 5–61	[5]
November 13	Seton Hall	Villanova, PA	W 5–0	[6]
November 15	at Wilmington AA	South Side Park Wilmington, DE	W 17–12	[7]

References

1. "Villanova 2019 Football". Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University. 2019. pp. 121, 134. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
2. "Villanova Swamped". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
3. "Villanova Defeats Fordham". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 16, 1902. p. 10. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
4. "Villanova Defeated". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
5. "Bucknell's Easy Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
6. "Villanova Defeats Seton Hall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 14, 1902. p. 10. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
7. "Villanova Victorious". The News Journal (Wilmington DE). November 17, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2018.