2017 Villanova Wildcats football team

2017 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2017 record 5–6 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach Mark Ferrante (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Sam Venuto (19th season)
Defensive coordinator Joe Trainer (1st season)
Home stadium Villanova Stadium
(Capacity: 12,500)
2017 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 –3     9 –5  
Delaware  5 –3     7 –4  
Richmond  4 –4     6 –5  
Towson  3 –5     5 –6  
Villanova  3 –5     5 –6  
Maine  3 –5     4 –6  
Albany  2 –6     4 –7  
Rhode Island  2 –6     3 –8  
William & Mary  0 –8     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 12:30 p.m. at No. 17 Lehigh* No. 10 Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA SE2 W 38–35   5,816
September 9 3:30 p.m. at Temple* No. 6 Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA (Mayor's Cup) ESPN3 L 13–16   35,117
September 16 6:00 p.m. Lafayette* No. 7 Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA ESPN3 W 59–0   9,671
September 23 7:00 p.m. at Albany No. 7 Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY ESPN3 L 10–19 OT  6,866
September 30 6:00 p.m. at Towson No. 14 Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD TSN W 24–9   5,017
October 7 1:00 p.m. Maine No. 12 Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA CSL[1] W 31–0   4,505
October 14 3:30 p.m. at No. 1 James Madison No. 11 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA (College GameDay) CSL[1] L 8–30   25,993
October 28 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Elondagger No. 13 Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA NNAA L 14–19   5,451
November 4 1:00 p.m. Richmond No. 20 Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA NNAA L 0–22   3,508
November 11 12:30 p.m. at Rhode Island Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI CSL L 6–20   2,877
November 18 1:00 p.m. Delaware Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA (Battle of the Blue) NNAA W 28–7   5,109
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Wildcats 7 21 7 3 38
No. 17 Mountain Hawks 7 7 14 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–5 2016 W, 26–21

at Temple

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Wildcats 0 0 3 10 13
Owls 3 7 3 3 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–16–2 2012 L, 10–41

Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
No. 7 Wildcats 13 36 7 3 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2016 W, 31–14

at Albany

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 7 Wildcats 0 0 0 100 10
Great Danes 0 3 0 79 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2016 W, 24–13

at Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Wildcats 7 0 3 14 24
Tigers 0 6 4 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–5 2016 W, 40–21

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 12 Wildcats 7 14 7 3 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–9 2016 W, 26–7

at James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Wildcats 0 0 0 8 8
No. 1 Dukes 3 10 3 14 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–14 2016 L, 7–20

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Phoenix 0 7 3 9 19
No. 13 Wildcats 7 0 7 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 W, 23–6

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 3 5 14 0 22
No. 20 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–12 2016 L, 0–23

at Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 0 3 0 6
Rams 3 7 10 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–8 2016 W, 35–0

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 0 0 7 7
Wildcats 14 0 14 0 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–21–1 2016 W, 41–10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 10 6 7 7 14 12 11 15 13 20 RV NR NR NR 
Coaches 9 8 8 8 17 15 14 16 15 20 RV NR NR NR

References

  1. 1 2 Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
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