The 2009 Villanova Wildcats football team represented

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in the

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. They played their home games at

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. They were co-champions of the

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(CAA) and advanced to the National Championship game where they defeated

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, 23–21. It was Villanova's first national championship in football, marking them as the only team to have both an NCAA Division I Football and Men's Basketball championship (the FCS is the only official NCAA Division I Football Championship). They finished with a record of 14–1, 7–1 in CAA play.

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