Villanova hasn’t lost a football game since September. Any inclination toward complacency is unlikely to fly around the Wildcats’ veteran leaders.

The eight-game winning streak for No. 6/9 Villanova (11-1) will be tested Saturday in its opener in the Division I Football Championship against Harvard.

“I think there’s a lot of confidence, but sometimes that can turn into arrogance, which I think we’ve done a good job of holding back,” senior linebacker Shane Hartzell said after last week’s 34-10 win over Sacred Heart. “So, I think as we keep going, we gain our confidence, and the amount of energy that we can come out with in the game, that’s what’s going to spark a big place.”

Villanova will take on a Harvard team coming off its only loss of the season, a 45-28 defeat to Yale.

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