Villanova Wildcats NCAA Football News

Villanova rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit, getting some help from a call that was overturned by instant replay to beat William & Mary 14-13 on Friday night in the Football Championship Subdivision semifinals.

Quarterback R. J. Archer has carried William and Mary past 11 opponents, including ACC member Virginia on the opening day of the 2009 season.

The chitchat, and a "good luck" to the victor, will take place after the game. For 60 minutes of football, it will be all business between former Mountie gridiron stars David Caldwell and Jimmy Pitts.

When he first stepped foot on campus, Dan Shirey had an idea of how his freshman year at Villanova was going to go.

Different team. Different year. Same result. For the fifth time in six seasons, the University of New Hampshire football team found the quarterfinal round of the NCAA playoffs to be an insurmountable obstacle.

Angelo Babbaro ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns to lead Villanova to a 46-7 win over New Hampshire on Saturday in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals.

Joseph Anderson caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Arvell Nelson with 39 seconds left Saturday to give Texas Southern a 30-25 victory over Southern University.

Jonathan Grimes ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns in pacing William & Mary to a 24-3 victory over Southern Illinois on Saturday in a Football Championship Subdivision playoff quarterfinal.

" University of New Hampshire quarterback R.J. Toman was left so alone when he dropped back to pass last week, it was almost like he was playing in a spring game and wearing a red jersey.

Villanova's one loss this year came at the hands of Durham's Wildcats. FCS Quarterfinal: UNH at Villanova Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pa.

When Villanova faces New Hampshire in a huge NCAA Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal playoff game on the Main Line at 3:30 p.m., Terence Thomas will be ready for a big matchup.

It's taken University of New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell a good three years to get the pronunciation of Matt Szczur's name right.

Villanova coach Andy Talley has been telling anybody who will listen lately that Matt Szczur is the most talented player to put on a Wildcat uniform since Brian Westbrook played on the Main Line.

On Friday, Tyler Bitancurt kicked a 43-yard field goal on the final snap to give West Virginia a three-point win over visiting Pittsburgh.

After watching the University of New Hampshire football team hold explosive McNeese State to its lowest point total of the season in Saturday's 49-13 Division I first-round game, local followers marveled at the defense.

Aaron Ball led a dominating Wildcats running game with 99 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries, as Villanova upended Holy Cross, 38-28, in the first round of the FCS playoffs.

Chris Whitney threw one touchdown and rushed for a score to lead Villanova to a 38-28 win over Holy Cross on Saturday in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

Greetings from Villanova Stadium, where the Wildcats' football team is facing Holy Cross in the first round of the I-AA playoffs.

Most teams don't put themselves in this position too often. The only time Villanova was there was 1997.

Matt Szczur, Villanova's multiple threat receiver, was named both the Colonial Athletic Association's offensive player of the year and the special teams player of the year yesterday in voting by league coaches.