A Sea Of Red

Villanova University
Villanova, Pensylvania


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Founded in 1842
Private Institution
Religious Affiliation: Catholic
Football Affiliation: CAA
Enrollment: 9600
Famous Football Alumni: Howie Long, Brian Westbrook, Brian Finneran



Villanova Stadium
Built in 1927 - Seats 12,500



Andy Talley
30th Season as VU Head Coach


2014 Schedule/Results

• 08/29 - @ Syracuse ......................... L, 27-26 (2OT)
  09/06 - Fordham ............................. W, 50-6
  09/20 - JMU* .................................. W, 49-31
  09/27 - @ Penn ............................... W, 41-7
  10/04 - @ Maine* ............................ W, 41-20
  10/11 - Rhode Island* ...................... W, 44-21
  10/18 - @ William & Mary* ............... W, 35-31
  10/25 - Morgan State ....................... W, 48-28
  11/01 - @ Richmond* ....................... L, 10-9
  11/08 - Towson* .............................. W, 42-14
  11/15 - Albany* ............................... W, 48-31
  11/22 - @ Delaware* ........................ W, 35-28
  12/06 - FCS 2nd Round: Liberty .......... 4:30 p.m. ET

Key Players

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  #19 John Robertson
  6' 1" 221 lbs Junior Quarterback
  Thru 12 Games: 189-of-282 (67%) for 2629 Yds with 34 TDs & 3 INTs + 209 Carries for 978 Yds with 9 TD Carries
  
  
  
  #2 Kevin Monangai
  5' 8" 209 lbs Senior Running Back
  Thru 12 Games: 175 Carries for 870 Yds (5.0 YPC) with 11 TDs + 17 Catches for 100 Yds & 3 TD Catches
  
  
  
  #18 Poppy Livers
  5' 7" 168 lbs Senior Receiver
  Thru 12 Games: 59 Catches for 860 Yards and 8 TDs + 15 Punt Returns for 120 Yds & 1 TD
  
  
  
  #44 Don Cherry
  6' 1" 221 lbs Junior Linebacker
  Thru 12 Games: 112 Tackles including 17.5 for Loss + 9 Sacks + 5 Forced Fumbles + 1 INT
  
  
  
  #54 Dillon Lucas
  6' 0" 228 lbs Junior Linebacker
  Thru 12 Games: 78 Tackles including 11 for Loss + 3 Sacks + 1 INT + 1 Forced Fumble
  
  
  
  #6 Jason Ceneus
  5' 9" 165 lbs Sophomore Cornerback
  Thru 12 Games: 31 Tackles + 5 INTs

I see we are going up a against a coach with very little experience....

Let's give them their third 1 point loss of the year.

that looks like a very questionable schedule that they have played.

forbidden wrote:that looks like a very questionable schedule that they have played.

Not really. They lucked out by not having to play New Hampshire in conference (or maybe New Hampshire lucked out by not having to play them.) 3 non-conference games were against FBS Syracuse, Morgan State (a playoff team, though granted a weak one) and Fordham. 2 1-point losses on the road away from an undefeated season. Don't look now, but their QB has better numbers than Vad, both passing and running. 34 TDs with only 3 interceptions and ran for almost 1000 yards The Richmond loss tells me they are a team we can beat, but I have to say their resume looks better than CCU's. Best FCS team we have played. We won't beat them with 4 turnovers like we did JMU.

A vivid memory from my childhood is an LU game at city stadium against Villanova in what mustve been the late 80s. My dad and I walked down the sidelines the whole game. Back when you could still do that sort of thing.

Their QB seems to be in the same mold as Ross and Lee - dual threat. Maybe that's a good thing

This is a VERY strong opponent. Robertson is an exceptional quarterback. But frankly they are not invincible. We have reached the Sweet 16 of the FCS and you can expect nothing but strong teams to be left in the field. Guess what? We are one of them as well.

Robertson won the Jerry Rice award the year Josh was a finalist I believe

If we can kill the turnovers and play the same D we have played the last 2 weeks, we can and will win this game. Anyone else still shocked we overcame 4 TOs? WOW. This team can do anything at this point.

Sly Fox wrote:This is a VERY strong opponent. Robertson is an exceptional quarterback. But frankly they are not invincible. We have reached the Sweet 16 of the FCS and you can expect nothing but strong teams to be left in the field. Guess what? We are one of them as well.

Because we earned it! That's something to be very very proud of doing.

These guys are good, but what do you expect at this point? Just a few days ago people were picking JMU as their sleeper to make a deep run in the playoffs.

We're going to need the second half defense that's shown up @Coastal and @JMU to be big. At this point, anything can happen. It seems like we've caught fire. Hope we can keep it going.

so nova has this thing called the holy war this sat. its a big bball game for them. if we can get busses leaving the foc for fans I bet we out number them. btw usa today is talking about us moving to c-usa

well uab is expected to quit I think Tuesday. but im loving this playoff thing at the moment

also somebody on the rivals vu board thinks we are from south Carolina and an other thinks we are dII

Yes, the Holy War is on Saturday (St. Joe's & Nova)... but that game starts at 1 PM and is a home game for Nova this year. I would expect the home crowd to arrive closer to game time an be pretty.... um "lathered up" so to say. BTW - we don't want anything to do with the Nova basketball team this year. Legit title contenders again. We have a shot on the gridiron though! I have never rooted against the Cats in my life... but this Saturday it is #BeatNOVA!!

breaking from wset13 and Justin feldkamp philly is the home of the liberty bell!!! Who knew

olldflame wrote:

forbidden wrote:that looks like a very questionable schedule that they have played.

Not really. They lucked out by not having to play New Hampshire in conference (or maybe New Hampshire lucked out by not having to play them.) 3 non-conference games were against FBS Syracuse, Morgan State (a playoff team, though granted a weak one) and Fordham. 2 1-point losses on the road away from an undefeated season. Don't look now, but their QB has better numbers than Vad, both passing and running. 34 TDs with only 3 interceptions and ran for almost 1000 yards The Richmond loss tells me they are a team we can beat, but I have to say their resume looks better than CCU's. Best FCS team we have played. We won't beat them with 4 turnovers like we did JMU.

Not sure if it means anything, but there SOS is worse than JMU

BJWilliams wrote:Robertson won the Jerry Rice award the year Josh was a finalist I believe

is this the same as The Program, with a battle of the Qb's. I wonder how much "extra" Woodrum plays with when compared to these other QB's. Remember as a football player your ego is rather huge. So far he is plus one

I'll be heading up to Philly Thursday and will probably arrive Friday mid morning. I am so pumped for Saturday! #GoFlames

forbidden wrote:

olldflame wrote:

forbidden wrote:that looks like a very questionable schedule that they have played.

Not really. They lucked out by not having to play New Hampshire in conference (or maybe New Hampshire lucked out by not having to play them.) 3 non-conference games were against FBS Syracuse, Morgan State (a playoff team, though granted a weak one) and Fordham. 2 1-point losses on the road away from an undefeated season. Don't look now, but their QB has better numbers than Vad, both passing and running. 34 TDs with only 3 interceptions and ran for almost 1000 yards The Richmond loss tells me they are a team we can beat, but I have to say their resume looks better than CCU's. Best FCS team we have played. We won't beat them with 4 turnovers like we did JMU.

Not sure if it means anything, but there SOS is worse than JMU

What are you looking at for SOS? NCAA.org has us at 2 and Nova at 13. Warren Nolan has us at 3, Nova at 25 and JMU at 29.

Nothing against the rest of their team (which is very good), but Robertson is the centerpiece of their team. If we can contain him, we have a great shot to win.

EXACTLY! We might have to Pop Poppy Livers a little too.

Villanova message board: https://villanova.rivals.com/showmsg.as ... 00&style=2
Some of their posters don't even know what state we are in.