1940 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1940 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1940 college football season. The head coach was Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, coaching his fifth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

1940 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
  • Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (5th season)
CaptainMichael Basca
Home stadiumShibe Park
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Boston College    11 0 0
Duquesne    7 1 0
No. 14 Penn    6 1 1
Penn State    6 1 1
No. 12 Fordham    7 2 0
No. 15 Cornell    6 2 0
La Salle    6 2 0
Princeton    5 2 1
Columbia    5 2 2
Brown    6 3 1
Bucknell    4 2 2
Boston University    5 3 0
Colgate    5 3 0
Hofstra    4 3 0
Harvard    3 2 3
Dartmouth    5 4 0
Temple    4 4 1
Tufts    4 4 0
Vermont    4 4 0
Villanova    4 5 0
Pittsburgh    3 4 1
Syracuse    3 4 1
Buffalo    3 5 0
Carnegie Tech    3 5 0
Manhattan    3 6 0
Providence    3 6 0
NYU    2 7 0
Yale    1 7 0
Army    1 7 1
CCNY    1 5 1
Massachusetts State    1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Villanova was ranked at No. 56 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

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