Pennsylvania Military vs. Villanova

Pennsylvania Military and Villanova first met in 1935 and have played 4 times; Villanova leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Villanova 4–⁠0, and Villanova has won the last 4.

Pennsylvania Military wins
0
Villanova wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1935
Longest streak
4 Villanova
Current streak
4 Villanova
Last 10 meetings
Villanova 4–⁠0
Most recent
1940

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠3
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
36.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Villanova
4–⁠0 Villanova’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pennsylvania Military and Villanova, 1935 on13001500170019351940

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: Aerican PoIoists Are Conquered British Women Golf vILLANovA STARTS WELL Shows Way to Plucky p. NJ. C. Team in 32-7 Tussle.

    1936 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1936

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 5, 1940Villanova 53, Pennsylvania Military 14at Villanova
Oct 2, 1937Villanova 42, Pennsylvania Military 0at Villanova
Sep 26, 1936Villanova 32, Pennsylvania Military 7at Villanova
Sep 21, 1935Villanova 41, Pennsylvania Military 0at Villanova

Every game is listed as played on the field.