1942 Manhattan Jaspers football team

The 1942 Manhattan Jaspers football team was an American football team that represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Herb Kopf, the team compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 148 to 63.[1]

1942 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
1942 record2–6
Head coachHerb Kopf (5th season)
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 19 Penn State      6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College      8 2 0
Colgate      6 2 1
Army      6 3 0
Syracuse      6 3 0
Duquesne      6 3 1
Yale      5 3 0
Fordham      5 3 1
Penn      5 3 1
No. 19 Holy Cross      5 4 1
Brown      4 4 0
Carnegie Tech      3 3 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Cornell      3 5 1
Princeton      3 5 1
Temple      2 5 3
Columbia      3 6 0
Pittsburgh      3 6 0
Tufts      2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall      1 4 2
Massachusetts State      2 5 0
Harvard      2 6 1
Drexel      2 6 0
Manhattan      2 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

In July 1943, coach Kopf announced that Manhattan was abandoning football due to the manpower shortage resulting from wartime military service. Manhattan's usual enrollment had dropped from 1,000 students to 300 civilians along with 400 Army trainees, with the latter group being prohibited by War Department policy from participating in varsity athletics. Manhattan's decision followed a similar decision announced days earlier by Fordham.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3MuhlenbergW 27–7[3]
October 10at GeorgetownL 7–9
October 16Detroit
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 7–2112,500
October 24Duquesne
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 10–7
November 1at VillanovaL 0–32
November 7at MarquetteL 12–27
November 14North Carolina Pre-Flight
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–17
November 21at Holy Cross
L 0–28

References

  1. "1942 Manhattan Jaspers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. Dick Young (July 29, 1943). "Manhattan Quits Football". New York Daily News. p. 43 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Jaspers Skin Mules, 27-7, in Twilight Tilt". New York Daily News. October 4, 1942. p. 89 via Newspapers.com.
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