Villanova Wildcats
PatriotVillanova, PAVillanova Stadium
2026: 3–4 (2–2 Patriot). Last: won at Fordham 38–17. Next: Lehigh, Saturday, Oct 24, 3:30 p.m. ET.
- L 32–35William & Mary
- W 17–16at Bucknell
- L 13–59at No. 24 Louisville
- W 20–16at Long Island University
- L 21–28Colgate
- L 35–38Morgan State
- W 38–17at Fordham
- Oct 24Lehigh
- Oct 31at Lafayette
- Nov 7Richmond
- Nov 14at Holy Cross
- Nov 21Georgetown
Villanova has played football since 1894 and is officially 681–510–41; 868 of its 1,232 games are in our file. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 6, in 1937. They have won three Colonial Athletic Association titles (the last in 2021), plus two Atlantic 10 Conference titles, two Yankee Conference titles, one Coastal Athletic Association title, counting shared titles. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 27 players from here in its first seven rounds, 3 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 1 coach from Villanova. Harry Stuhldreher (1925–1935) won more games here than any other coach: 42. The most-played rival is Boston College: 42 meetings, Boston College leads 27–14–1. This season, they’re 3–4.
On this date in 2024Villanova lost to Maine 35–7 on the road.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 681–510–41 official; 454–395–19 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 3–4 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 22 ranked
- Elo now
- 1397
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 57 · Composite No. 70 in FCS, Oct 17; up 6 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 8 last in 2023
- Bowl record
- 2–2–1 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 111 since 1897, 868 games
Identity
- Fight song
- V for Villanova
2026 season 3–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs William & Mary | L 32–35 | 75% |
| Sep 5 | at Bucknell | W 17–16 | 73% |
| Sep 11 | at 24Louisville | L 13–59 | 23% |
| Sep 19 | at Long Island University | W 20–16 | 69% |
| Sep 26 | vs Colgate | L 21–28 | 72% |
| Oct 3 | vs Morgan State | L 35–38 | 72% |
| Oct 17 | at Fordham | W 38–17 | 68% |
| Oct 24 | vs Lehigh | Preview | 44% |
| Oct 31 | at Lafayette | Preview | 57% |
| Nov 7 | vs Richmond | Preview | 62% |
| Nov 14 | at Holy Cross | Preview | 56% |
| Nov 21 | vs Georgetown | Preview | 77% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Pat McQuaide1,570 passing yards, 9 TD (leads Villanova in passing yards)
- Omari Bursey77 tackles, 2 sacks (leads Villanova in tackles)
- Ja’briel Mace468 rushing yards, 5 TD (leads Villanova in rushing yards)
- Isaiah Ragland439 rushing yards, 7 TD (leads Villanova in rushing touchdowns)
- Braden Reed34 catches, 433 yards, 3 TD (leads Villanova in receiving yards)
- Jamie Tyson32 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT (leads Villanova in interceptions)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Villanova.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1897
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Dick Bedesem | 1975–1980 | 30–35–1 |
| Jim Weaver | 1974 | 3–5 |
| Lou Ferry | 1970–1974 | 20–26–1 |
| Jack Gregory | 1967–1969 | 16–13 |
| Alexander F. Bell | 1960–1966 | 35–30 |
| Joseph Rogers | 1959 | 1–5 |
| Frank Reagan | 1954–1959 | 16–36 |
| Art Raimo | 1951–1953 | 16–10–1 |
| Jim Leonard | 1949–1950 | 12–6 |
 Jordan Olivar | 1943–1948 | 33–20–2 |
| Clipper Smith | 1936–1942 | 41–17–3 |
| Harry Stuhldreher | 1925–1935 | 42–20–6 |
| Hugh McGeehan | 1923 | 0–1 |
| Thomas Reap | 1917–1920 | 0–5 |
| Edward Bennis | 1916 | 0–3 |
| Dutch Sommer | 1914–1915 | 1–3 |
| Ted St. Germaine | 1913 | 0–2 |
| Charles McGeehan | 1912 | 3–3 |
| Fred Crolius | 1904–1911 | 11–38–4 |
| Martin Caine | 1903 | 0–1 |
| Richard Kelly & Timothy O’Rourke | 1902 | 0–2 |
| John F. Bagley / John J. Egan | 1901 | 0–1 |
| John J. Egan & John Powers | 1900 | 0–0–1 |
| Dick Nallin | 1899 | 0–1 |
| John F. Bagley | 1897–1898 | 0–3 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Boston College
14–27–1 in 42
- 1972 L 20–21
- 1973 L 7–11
- 1974 L 7–55
- 1975 L 12–41
- 1976 W 22–3
- 1977 L 0–17
- 1978 W 28–16
- 1979 L 7–34
- 1980 W 20–9
- 2013 L 14–24
Lost the last one.
- Delaware
26–13–1 in 40
- 2015 W 28–21
- 2016 W 41–10
- 2017 W 28–7
- 2018 W 42–21
- 2019 W 55–33
- 2020 L 20–27
- 2021 W 21–13
- 2022 W 29–26
- 2023 W 35–7
- 2024 W 38–28
Won the last four.
- Detroit Mercy
18–12–2 in 32
- 1955 L 0–6
- 1956 W 8–7
- 1957 L 7–16
- 1958 W 7–0
- 1959 L 6–40
- 1960 L 7–13
- 1961 L 6–20
- 1962 W 14–0
- 1963 W 28–14
- 1964 W 34–0
Won the last three.
| Opponent | Games | VILL record |
|---|---|---|
| Boston College | 42 | 14–27–1 |
| Delaware | 40 | 26–13–1 |
| Detroit Mercy | 32 | 18–12–2 |
| Temple | 32 | 15–16–1 |
| William & Mary | 24 | 11–13 |
| Richmond | 24 | 14–10 |
| Bucknell | 22 | 11–9–2 |
| Army | 21 | 3–18 |
Rivals the program names: Temple.
Every opponent (154)
Every program Villanova has played, A to Z, with Villanova’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- Alabama 1–0
- Albright 1–0
- American International 1–0
- Arkansas 1–0
- Army 3–18
- Atlantic City NAS 0–1
- Auburn 1–4–2
- Ball State 1–0
- Baltimore 1–0
- Baylor 1–3
- Boston College 14–27–1
- Boston University 6–3
- Bowling Green 1–0
- Bucknell 11–9–2
- Buffalo 5–4
- Carlisle 0–7
- Catholic 1–0
- Catholic 1–0
- Centre 2–0
- Cincinnati 2–2
- Clemson 1–1
- Colgate 5–2
- Davis & Elkins 1–0
- Dayton 5–4
- Delaware 26–13–1
- Detroit Mercy 18–12–2
- Dickinson 0–1
- Duke 1–2
- Duquesne 3–3
- Eastern Kentucky 1–0
- Elon 4–1
- Florida 4–0
- Florida State 1–3
- Fordham 9–3
- Franklin & Marshall 1–1
- Furman 1–0
- George Washington 2–1
- Georgetown 7–2
- Georgia 0–1
- Georgia State 1–0
- Gettysburg 3–1
- Grove City 1–0
- Hampton 4–0
- Harvard 1–0
- Hofstra 2–1
- Holy Cross 14–6
- Houston 1–5
- Idaho 1–0
- Illinois State 0–2
- Incarnate Word 0–1
- Indiana 0–2
- Iowa State 2–0
- James Madison 7–11
- Jefferson Medical 1–0
- Kansas 1–0
- Kentucky 1–7–1
- La Salle 1–1
- Lafayette 2–4
- Lakehurst NAS 1–0
- Lebanon Valley 2–1
- Lehigh 13–4
- Liberty 1–0
- Long Island University 4–0
- Louisville 0–1
- Loyola (Baltimore) 3–0
- Loyola Marymount 1–0
- LSU 0–2
- Maine 10–6
- Manhattan 8–1
- Manhattan Beach Coast Guard 0–1
- Marquette 4–1–1
- Marshall 3–0
- Maryland 2–10
- Maryland A.C. 0–1
- Massachusetts 5–6
- McDaniel 2–0–1
- Medico-Chirurgical 1–0
- Merchant Marine 2–0
- Miami 1–3–1
- Miami (OH) 1–2
- Monmouth 0–4
- Morgan State 1–1
- Mount St. Mary’s 2–0
- Muhlenberg 5–0
- Navy 2–9
- NC State 3–1–1
- Nevada 1–0
- New Hampshire 6–8
- New York University 0–1
- North Carolina A&T 2–0
- Northeastern 4–1
- Oglethorpe 2–0
- Old Dominion 1–1
- Ole Miss 0–2
- Oregon State 0–1
- Pacific 0–1
- Parris Island Marines 0–0–1
- Penn State 3–7–1
- Pennsylvania 12–6
- Pennsylvania Military 4–0
- Pittsburgh 0–3
- Pittsburgh Lyceum 1–0
- Princeton 1–8
- Quantico Marines 3–4
- Rhode Island 10–4
- Rhodes 1–0
- Richmond 14–10
- Rutgers 6–7
- Sacred Heart 1–0
- Saint Francis 1–0
- Saint Mary’s (CA) 2–0
- Sam Houston 0–1
- Sampson NTS 1–1
- San Francisco 2–0
- Santa Clara 2–0
- Scranton 1–0
- SE Louisiana 0–1
- Seton Hall 1–0
- South Carolina 4–1–1
- South Dakota State 0–3
- Southern Miss 0–1
- Steelton YMCA 0–3–1
- Stephen F. Austin 1–0
- Stony Brook 6–3
- Swarthmore 1–3
- Syracuse 1–3
- Tampa 1–2
- Tarleton State 1–0
- Temple 15–16–1
- Tennessee 0–1
- Texas 0–1
- Texas A&M 2–2
- The Citadel 1–0
- Toledo 5–5
- Towson 12–7
- Tulsa 0–3
- UAlbany 6–2
- UCF 0–2
- UConn 0–1
- Ursinus 4–0–1
- Vanderbilt 0–1
- Virginia Tech 0–5
- VMI 6–2
- Wake Forest 2–2
- Washington & Jefferson 0–2
- Washington State 0–2
- West Chester 11–2
- West Virginia 1–6
- Wichita State 2–1
- William & Mary 11–13
- Xavier 11–5
- Yale 0–1
- Youngstown State 4–3
Conference titles
8, counting shared titles- Coastal Athletic Association 1
- 2023
- Atlantic 10 Conference 2
- 1997, 2001 (shared)
- Yankee Conference 2
- 1989 (shared), 1991 (shared)
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1894–1980 and 1985–1987
- Yankee Conference 1988–1996
- Atlantic 10 1997–2006
- CAA 2007–2022
- Coastal Athletic Conference 2023–2025
- Patriot Conference since 2026
- 1987Went independent from independence in football. Source
- 1988Joined the Yankee Conference from independence in football. Source
- 1997Joined the Atlantic 10 from the Yankee Conference in football. Source
- 2007Joined the CAA from the Atlantic 10 in football. Source
- 2026Joined the Patriot Conference from the Coastal Athletic Conference in football, announced June 5, 2025. Source
Villanova’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Led the nation 5
| 1971 | Mike Siani receiving touchdowns (14 TD) |
| 1970 | Mike Siani receiving yards (1,328 yds) |
| 1969 | Billy Walik yards per carry (8.9) |
| 1967 | Bill Andrejko passer rating (140.6) |
| 1964 | Tom Brown yards per carry (6.4) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 1
| 2023 | Brian Westbrook RB |
| 2020 | Andy Talley coach, career 1979–2016 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 27 since 1936
- First-round picks
- 3
- AAFC and AFL picks
- 2 1949, 1963
| 1972 | Mike Siani WR | No. 21, Oakland Raiders |
| 1969 | Rich Moore DT | No. 12, Green Bay Packers |
| 1950 | Ralph Pasquariello B | No. 9, Los Angeles Rams |
The school
Villanova University- Enrollment
- 10,041 7,004 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Villanova, Pennsylvania
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 2
- Founded
- 1842
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $100,423 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
On the newsreel
- FOOTBALL — VILLANOVA-ARMY
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1397 | ||||
| 2025 | 12–3 | 7–1 | 1538 | ||||
| 2024 | 10–4 | 5–2 | 1452 | ||||
| 2023 | 10–3 | 6–1 | 1508 | ||||
| 2022 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1354 | ||||
| 2021 | 10–3 | 7–1 | 1463 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–2 | 1393 | |||||
| 2019 | 9–4 | 5–3 | 1442 | ||||
| 2018 | 5–6 | 2–6 | 1340 | ||||
| 2017 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1357 | ||||
| 2016 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 1456 | ||||
| 2015 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1399 | ||||
| 2014 | 11–3 | 7–1 | 1540 | ||||
| 2013 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1430 | ||||
| 2012 | 7–4 | 5–2 | 1418 | ||||
| 2011 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1299 | ||||
| 2010 | 7–4 | 4–3 | 1562 | ||||
| 2009 | 12–1 | 7–1 | 1611 | ||||
| 2008 | 10–2 | 7–1 | 1524 | ||||
| 2007 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1404 | ||||
| 2006 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1327 | ||||
| 2005 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1269 | ||||
| 2004 | 7–5 | 3–5 | 1407 | ||||
| 2003 | 7–4 | 5–4 | 1388 | ||||
| 2002 | 1–0 | 1327 |
Every season back to 1897 (86 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0–1 | 1281 | |||||
| 1999 | 0–1 | 1299 | |||||
| 1998 | 0–1 | 1306 | |||||
| 1996 | 0–1 | 1321 | |||||
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1350 | |||||
| 1990 | 0–1 | 1398 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–1 | 1462 | |||||
| 1980 | 6–5 | Dick Bedesem | 1497 | 6.6 | |||
| 1979 | 5–6 | Dick Bedesem | 1443 | -4.5 | |||
| 1978 | 5–6 | Dick Bedesem | 1410 | -10.3 | |||
| 1977 | 4–7 | Dick Bedesem | 1413 | 1.5 | |||
| 1976 | 6–4–1 | Dick Bedesem | 1447 | 0.8 | |||
| 1975 | 4–7 | Dick Bedesem | 1283 | -18.1 | |||
| 1974 | 3–8 | Jim Weaver, Lou Ferry | 1289 | -11.1 | |||
| 1973 | 3–8 | Lou Ferry | 1320 | -4.5 | |||
| 1972 | 2–9 | Lou Ferry | 1332 | -14.9 | |||
| 1971 | 6–4–1 | Lou Ferry | 1526 | 12.2 | |||
| 1970 | 9–2 | Lou Ferry | 1531 | -14.5 | |||
| 1969 | 6–3 | Jack Gregory | 1486 | ||||
| 1968 | 6–4 | Jack Gregory | 1467 | ||||
| 1967 | 4–6 | Jack Gregory | 1452 | ||||
| 1966 | 6–3 | Alexander F. Bell | 1462 | ||||
| 1965 | 1–8 | Alexander F. Bell | 1340 | ||||
| 1964 | 6–2 | Alexander F. Bell | 1537 | ||||
| 1963 | 5–4 | Alexander F. Bell | 1447 | ||||
| 1962 | 7–3 | Alexander F. Bell | 1561 | ||||
| 1961 | 8–2 | Alexander F. Bell | 1518 | ||||
| 1960 | 2–8 | Alexander F. Bell | 1297 | ||||
| 1959 | 1–9 | Frank Reagan, Joseph Rogers | 1292 | ||||
| 1958 | 6–4 | Frank Reagan | 1404 | ||||
| 1957 | 3–6 | Frank Reagan | 1420 | ||||
| 1956 | 5–4 | Frank Reagan | 1414 | ||||
| 1955 | 1–9 | Frank Reagan | 1259 | ||||
| 1954 | 1–9 | Frank Reagan | 1338 | ||||
| 1953 | 4–6 | Art Raimo | 1484 | ||||
| 1952 | 7–1–1 | Art Raimo | 1636 | ||||
| 1951 | 5–3 | Art Raimo | 1553 | ||||
| 1950 | 4–5 | Jim Leonard | 1554 | ||||
| 1949 | 8–1 | 16 | 13 | Jim Leonard | 1726 | ||
| 1948 | 8–2–1 | Jordan Olivar | 1676 | ||||
| 1947 | 6–3–1 | Jordan Olivar | 1566 | ||||
| 1946 | 6–4 | Jordan Olivar | 1553 | ||||
| 1945 | 4–4 | Jordan Olivar | 1479 | ||||
| 1944 | 4–4 | Jordan Olivar | 1386 | ||||
| 1943 | 5–3 | Jordan Olivar | 1503 | ||||
| 1942 | 4–4 | Clipper Smith | 1508 | ||||
| 1941 | 4–4 | Clipper Smith | 1500 | ||||
| 1940 | 4–5 | Clipper Smith | 1526 | ||||
| 1939 | 6–2 | Clipper Smith | 1655 | ||||
| 1938 | 8–0–1 | 20 | 18 | Clipper Smith | 1698 | ||
| 1937 | 8–0–1 | 6 | Clipper Smith | 1688 | |||
| 1936 | 7–2–1 | Clipper Smith | 1586 | ||||
| 1935 | 7–2 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1560 | ||||
| 1934 | 3–4–2 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1497 | ||||
| 1933 | 7–2–1 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1586 | ||||
| 1932 | 7–2 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1544 | ||||
| 1931 | 4–3–2 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1461 | ||||
| 1930 | 5–5 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1473 | ||||
| 1929 | 6–1–1 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1510 | ||||
| 1928 | 2–0 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1445 | ||||
| 1926 | 0–1 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1404 | ||||
| 1925 | 1–0 | Harry Stuhldreher | 1447 | ||||
| 1923 | 0–1 | Hugh McGeehan | 1398 | ||||
| 1920 | 0–1 | Thomas Reap | 1391 | ||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–2 | Thomas Reap | 1374 | ||||
| 1917few games on file | 0–2 | Thomas Reap | 1412 | ||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–3 | Edward Bennis | 1405 | ||||
| 1915few games on file | 1–0 | Dutch Sommer | 1455 | ||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–3 | Dutch Sommer | 1396 | ||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–2 | Ted St. Germaine | 1425 | ||||
| 1912 | 3–3 | Charles McGeehan | 1464 | ||||
| 1911 | 0–5–1 | Fred Crolius | 1396 | ||||
| 1910 | 0–4–2 | Fred Crolius | 1443 | ||||
| 1909 | 3–2 | Fred Crolius | 1500 | ||||
| 1908 | 1–6 | Fred Crolius | 1386 | ||||
| 1907 | 1–5–1 | Fred Crolius | 1387 | ||||
| 1906 | 3–7 | Fred Crolius | 1362 | ||||
| 1905 | 3–7 | Fred Crolius | 1375 | ||||
| 1904few games on file | 0–2 | Fred Crolius | 1385 | ||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–1 | Martin Caine | 1384 | ||||
| 1902few games on file | 0–2 | Richard Kelly & Timothy O’Rourke | 1404 | ||||
| 1901few games on file | 0–1 | John F. Bagley / John J. Egan | 1445 | ||||
| 1900few games on file | 0–0–1 | John J. Egan & John Powers | 1441 | ||||
| 1899few games on file | 0–1 | Dick Nallin | 1418 | ||||
| 1898few games on file | 0–1 | John F. Bagley | 1410 | ||||
| 1897few games on file | 0–2 | John F. Bagley | 1382 |
Officially 681–510–41 since 1894 (per Wikipedia, through the 2025 season); game by game here, 454–395–19 (868 of its 1,232 games are on file). Our file starts in 1897; the program began in 1894. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1918, 1921–22, 1924, 1927, 1981–87, 1989, 1991–94, 1997, 2001: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.