1899 Villanova Wildcats football team

1899 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainDick Nallin
Home stadiumNone
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 1 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   2 – 0 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Western Univ. of Penn.   –   3 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   8 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
New Hampshire   –   4 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Dickinson   –   6 – 6 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1899 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1899 college football season. The team's captain was Dick Nallin.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at LafayetteEaston, PAL 0–13[2]
October 11at DickinsonCarlisle, PAcancelled [3]
October 14at The Hill SchoolPottstown, PAT 0–0[4]
Lawrenceville SchoolVillanova, PAW 18–5
October 21at Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA
W 11–6[5]
October 25Radnor InvinciblesVillanova, PAW 32–0[6]
October 28Manhattan CollegeVillanova, PAW 6–0[7]
November 11at Warren AA
W 6–0[8][9]
November 18at Manhattan CollegeNew York, NYL 0–17
Active AA?W 16–5
November 303:00 p.m.at St. Thomas (PA)
W 5–01,500[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Villanova 2019 Football". Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University. 2019. pp. 121, 134. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Lafayette's Game Was Poor". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 5, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved June 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Kick Over Officials". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 12, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Villanova and Hill School". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 15, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Ended In A Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1899. p. 15. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Ended In A Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1899. p. 15. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Easy for Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 26, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Warren Vs. Villanova". Evening Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. November 8, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Warren Beaten". Evening Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. November 13, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Today's Foot Ball Game". The Scranton Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Villa Nova Bests St. Thomas Boys". The Scranton Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. December 1, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.