1947 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 1947 Villanova Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Villanova University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jordan Olivar, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and lost to Kentucky in the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl.

Villanova was ranked at No. 47 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.

The team played three of its home games at Shibe Park in Philadelphia and one game at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Roster
Jordan Olivar, 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