The 1947 Villanova Wildcats football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach

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, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and lost to

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in the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl. Villanova was ranked at No. 47 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final

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for 1947. The team played three of its home games at

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and one game at

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1947 Roster

, head coach
Al Barker
Ed Berrang, drafted in the fifth round of the 1949 NFL Draft
Dan Brown
Romeo Capriotti, Frankford High football star
Jim Caulfield
Tom Clavin
Cullen
Bill Doherty
Andy Gordon
Don Griffith
Kane
Komarnicki
Lilenthal
Ralph Pasquariello, drafted in the first round of the 1950 NFL Draft
Bob Polidor, a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High
Steve Romanik
Sandusky
Al Schmid
John Siano, baseball and football standout from Curtis High on Staten Island
T. Smith
Billy Wolff

Schedule

References

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