1897 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1897 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University during the 1897 college football season.

1897 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	John F. Bagley (1st season)
Captain	John F. Bagley

1897 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	3	–	2
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					6	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	6	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	2
Lehigh			–					3	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
	South End Wheelmen	Villanova, PA	W 14–0
October 9	at The Hill School	Pottstown, PA	L 6–16
October 16	at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	L 0–28
October 23	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 0–52	500
	Philadelphia Dental College	Villanova, PA	W 50–0
October 30	at Fordham	New York, NY	T 0–0
November 10	at Manhattan College	New York, NY	L 0–8
November 13	Fordham	Villanova, PA	W 17–0
November 20	Manhattan College	Villanova, PA	L 12–18