1902 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3
Head coach	Richard Kelly & Timothy O'Rourke (1st season)
Captain	Timothy O'Rourke
Home stadium	None
Seasons ← 1901 1903 →

1902 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Ursinus		–		9	–	0	–	0
Yale		–		11	–	0	–	1
Geneva		–		7	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		11	–	1	–	0
Princeton		–		8	–	1	–	0
Army		–		6	–	1	–	1
Frankin & Marshall		–		7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth		–		6	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross		–		6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse		–		6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle		–		8	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette		–		8	–	3	–	0
Amherst		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		9	–	4	–	0
Lehigh		–		7	–	3	–	1
Vermont		–		5	–	3	–	2
Colgate		–		5	–	3	–	1
NYU		–		5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	4	–	0
Columbia		–		6	–	4	–	1
Springfield Training School		–		3	–	2	–	1
Villanova		–		4	–	3	–	0
Brown		–		5	–	4	–	1
Swarthmore		–		6	–	6	–	0
Western U. of Penn.		–		5	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire		–		2	–	3	–	1
Buffalo		–		3	–	5	–	1
Tufts		–		4	–	6	–	1
Fordham		–		2	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan		–		3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers		–		3	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		2	–	7	–	1
Drexel		–		1	–	4	–	1
Temple		–		1	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College		–		1	–	6	–	0
Boston College		–		0	–	8	–	0

The 1902 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1902 college football season. The team's captain was Timothy O'Rourke.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 11	at Penn State	Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–32	^[2]
October 15	at Fordham	New York, NY	W 15–6	^[3]
October 18	at Seton Hall	South Orange, NJ	W 22–11
October 25	at Wilmington AA	Wilmington, DE	L 0–6	^[4]
November 1	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 5–61	^[5]
November 13	Seton Hall	Villanova, PA	W 5–0	^[6]
November 15	at Wilmington AA	South Side Park Wilmington, DE	W 17–12	^[7]

References

^ "Villanova 2019 Football". Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University. 2019. pp. 121, 134. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
^ "Villanova Swamped". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "Villanova Defeats Fordham". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 16, 1902. p. 10. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^ "Villanova Defeated". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^ "Bucknell's Easy Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "Villanova Defeats Seton Hall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 14, 1902. p. 10. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "Villanova Victorious". The News Journal (Wilmington DE). November 17, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

v t e Villanova Wildcats football
Venues	Shibe Park (1925–1926, 1936–1949, 1951, 1953) Villanova Stadium (1927–present) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (1930, 1953–1957) Franklin Field (1948–1950, 1952–1953) Subaru Park (alternate; 2011–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Delaware: Battle of the Blue Temple: Mayor's Cup
Culture & lore	Will D. Cat "V for Villanova"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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