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2017 Villanova Wildcats football team

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2017 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record5–6 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSam Venuto (19th season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Trainer (1st season)
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Colonial Athletic Association 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 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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:30 p.m.at No. 17 Lehigh*No. 10SE2W 38–355,816
September 93:30 p.m.at Temple*No. 6ESPN3L 13–1635,117
September 166:00 p.m.Lafayette*No. 7ESPN3W 59–09,671
September 237:00 p.m.at AlbanyNo. 7ESPN3L 10–19 OT6,866
September 306:00 p.m.at TowsonNo. 14TSNW 24–95,017
October 71:00 p.m.MaineNo. 12
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
CSL[1]W 31–04,505
October 143:30 p.m.at No. 1 James MadisonNo. 11CSL[1]L 8–3025,993
October 283:30 p.m.No. 10 ElondaggerNo. 13
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
NNAAL 14–195,451
November 41:00 p.m.RichmondNo. 20
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
NNAAL 0–223,508
November 1112:30 p.m.at Rhode IslandCSLL 6–202,877
November 181:00 p.m.Delaware
NNAAW 28–75,109
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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At Lehigh

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Wildcats 7 21 7 3 38
No. 17 Mountain Hawks 7 7 14 7 35

At Temple

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Wildcats 0 0 3 10 13
Owls 3 7 3 3 16

Lafayette

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
No. 7 Wildcats 13 36 7 3 59

At Albany

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1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 7 Wildcats 0 0 0 100 10
Great Danes 0 3 0 79 19

At Towson

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Wildcats 7 0 3 14 24
Tigers 0 6 4 0 10

Maine

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1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 12 Wildcats 7 14 7 3 31

At James Madison

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Wildcats 0 0 0 8 8
No. 1 Dukes 3 10 3 14 30

Elon

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Phoenix 0 7 3 9 19
No. 13 Wildcats 7 0 7 0 14

Richmond

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 3 5 14 0 22
No. 20 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0

At Rhode Island

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 0 3 0 6
Rams 3 7 10 0 20

Delaware

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1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 0 0 7 7
Wildcats 14 0 14 0 28

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS10677141211151320RV
Coaches9888171514161520RV

References

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  1. ^ a b Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA Partners With CBS Spots Digital". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.