1944 Villanova Wildcats football team

1944 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (2nd season)
Captain	William Williams
Home stadium	Shibe Park

1944 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	4	–	2
Syracuse			–					2	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	4	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1944 college football season. The head coach was Jordan Olivar, coaching his second season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23		at Scranton	Scranton, PA	W 13–7
September 30		at Franklin & Marshall*	Lancaster, PA	W 14–6
October 7	8:45 p.m.	Sampson NTS	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6	12,000
October 15		at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–26	32,000
October 28		Muhlenberg	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	W 7–0
November 4		at No. 1 Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–83
November 10	8:45 p.m.	Atlantic City NAS	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 6–25	5,000
November 18		Bucknell	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 6–27	5,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time