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1964 Villanova Wildcats football team

American college football season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ30646395 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1964 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The head coach was Alexander F. Bell, coaching his fifth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

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The public source identifies “1964 Villanova Wildcats football team” as american college football season. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Villanova, Wildcats and football.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Villanova, Wildcats and football providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1964 Villanova Wildcats football team” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.