Fordham vs. Villanova
Fordham and Villanova have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Villanova leads the series 9–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Villanova 8–2, and Villanova has won the last 3. Share
- Fordham wins
- 3
- Villanova wins
- 9
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1905
- Longest streak
- 4 Villanova
- Current streak
- 3 Villanova
- Last 10 meetings
- Villanova 8–2
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 17.1 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Fordham
- 2–4 Fordham’s record at home
- At Villanova
- 4–0 Villanova’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–1 Fordham first
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Fordham’s biggest win1906: Fordham 18, Villanova 5by 13 points
- Villanova’s biggest win2014: Villanova 50, Fordham 6by 44 points
- Upset1912: Villanova 19, Fordham 0Villanova had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1954: Villanova 41, Fordham 0Villanova had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1953 · Evening star, Nov 29, 1953
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 17, 2026 | Villanova 38, Fordham 17 | at Fordham | ||
| Sep 12, 2015 | Villanova 14, Fordham 7 | Coffey Field | ||
| Sep 6, 2014 | Villanova 50, Fordham 6 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 7, 2013 | Fordham 27, Villanova 24 | Coffey Field | ||
| Sep 8, 2012 | Villanova 28, Fordham 13 | at Villanova | ||
| Nov 27, 1954 | Villanova 41, Fordham 0 | at Fordham | ||
| Nov 28, 1953 | Villanova 20, Fordham 13 | at Fordham | ||
| Nov 28, 1912 | Villanova 19, Fordham 0 | at Fordham | ||
| Nov 26, 1908 | Fordham 2, Villanova 0 | at Fordham | ||
| Nov 9, 1907 | Villanova 15, Fordham 11 | at Villanova | ||
| Nov 17, 1906 | Fordham 18, Villanova 5 | at Fordham | ||
| Nov 4, 1905 | Villanova 34, Fordham 5 | at Villanova |
Every game is listed as played on the field.