1940 Manhattan Jaspers football team

1940 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Triborough Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   11 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Penn   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   3 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Army   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Manhattan Jaspers football team was an American football team that represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its third season under head coach Herb Kopf, the team compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 155.[1]

Manhattan was ranked at No. 73 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28St. Bonaventure
W 45–07,500[3]
October 4George Washington
L 18–218,000[4]
October 11Boston University
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 20–69,233[5]
November 18Detroit
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–611,500[6]
October 25at Duquesne
L 6–1012,803[7]
November 2at No. 9 Boston College
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 0–2512,000[8]
November 9Marquette
W 45–416,000[9]
November 16Villanova
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 6–1310,126[10]
November 23at Holy Cross
L 25–3310,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1940 Manhattan Jaspers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Jaspers Rip Bonnies". New York Daily News. September 29, 1940. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "G. Washington tops Jaspers". Daily News. October 5, 1940. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Joe Trimble (October 12, 1940). "Jaspers Beat Boston In Night Game". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "U-D Beats Manhattan, 6-0, on Ghesquiere's 80-Yard Run". Detroit Free Press. October 19, 1940. pp. 13–14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dukes Thrill Again With 'Uphill' Win". The Pittsburgh Press. October 26, 1940. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "BC's Touchdown Parade Trims Jaspers, 25-0". New York Daily News. November 3, 1940. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Frank Hancock (November 10, 1940). "Manhattan Outscores Marquette, 45 to 41". New York Daily News. p. 37C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Gene Ward (November 17, 1940). "Villanova Whips Jaspers, 13-6". New York Daily News. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "HC Wins, 33-25; Halting Jaspers' Late Surge". New York Daily News. November 24, 1940. p. C40 – via Newspapers.com.