Villanova vs. Xavier
Villanova and Xavier first met in 1952 and have played 16 times; Villanova leads the series 11–5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Villanova 7–3. Share
- Villanova wins
- 11
- Xavier wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1952
- Longest streak
- 5 Villanova
- Current streak
- 1 Xavier
- Last 10 meetings
- Villanova 7–3
- Most recent
- 1973
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 16.7 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Villanova
- 8–0 Villanova’s record at home
- At Xavier
- 5–3 Xavier’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Villanova’s biggest win1970: Villanova 42, Xavier 14by 28 points
- Xavier’s biggest win1965: Xavier 35, Villanova 0by 35 points
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 1, 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
| Nov 17, 1973 | Xavier 13, Villanova 6 | at Xavier | ||
| Nov 11, 1972 | Villanova 40, Xavier 13 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 30, 1971 | Villanova 33, Xavier 27 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 31, 1970 | Villanova 42, Xavier 14 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 25, 1969 | Villanova 35, Xavier 7 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 26, 1968 | Villanova 21, Xavier 10 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 28, 1967 | Xavier 3, Villanova 0 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 29, 1966 | Villanova 13, Xavier 7 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 30, 1965 | Xavier 35, Villanova 0 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 31, 1964 | Villanova 31, Xavier 13 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 26, 1963 | Xavier 27, Villanova 0 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 27, 1962 | Villanova 16, Xavier 8 | at Villanova | ||
| Nov 19, 1960 | Villanova 21, Xavier 7 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 27, 1959 | Xavier 48, Villanova 20 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 31, 1953 | Villanova 21, Xavier 14 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 25, 1952 | 12Villanova 34, Xavier 20 | at Xavier |
Every game is listed as played on the field.