1940 Manhattan Jaspers football team

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]

1940 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record3–6
Head coachHerb Kopf (3rd season)
Home stadiumPolo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Randall's Island Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Princeton      5 2 1
Columbia      5 2 2
Brown      6 3 1
Colgate      5 3 0
Harvard      3 2 3
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      4 4 0
Villanova      4 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 4 1
Syracuse      3 4 1
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Manhattan      3 6 0
NYU      2 7 0
Yale      1 7 0
Army      1 7 1
Massachusetts State      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28St. Bonaventure
W 45–0
October 4George Washington
L 18–21
October 11Boston University
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 20–69,233
November 18Detroit
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–611,500[2]
October 25at DuquesneL 6–10
November 2at No. 9 Boston College
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 0–255,000
November 9MarquetteW 45–41
November 16Villanova
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 6–13
November 23at Holy Cross
L 25–33
  • 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. "U-D Beats Manhattan, 6-0, on Ghesquiere's 80-Yard Run". Detroit Free Press. October 19, 1940. pp. 13–14 via Newspapers.com.
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