Manhattan Jaspers football, 1930–1939

1930–1939 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Home stadiumEbbets Field, Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Manhattan Field, Innisfail Park, Randall's Island Stadium, Jasper Field

The Mahattan Jaspers football program, 1930–1939 represented Manhattan College during the 1930s as an independent in college football. The program was led by head coaches John B. Law (1930–1931), Chick Meehan (1932–1937), and Herb Kopf (1938–1942). They played home games at multiple venues, including Ebbets Field in Flatbush, the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, and Randall's Island Stadium on Randall's Island, Manhattan.

Highlights of the decade included:

1930

1930 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Luddy Burke
Home stadiumInnisfail Park, Polo Grounds
1930 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colgate   –   9 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Army   –   9 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
St. John's   –   7 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   7 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 1
Tufts   –   5 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 2
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   4 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 2
Harvard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   1 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   1 – 7 – 1
Vermont   –   1 – 7 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their first year under head coach John B. Law, the Jaspers compiled a 4–3–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Rider
L 7–14[1]
October 4at Seton Hall
W 21–0[2][3]
October 10Oglethorpe
L 0–1915,000[4]
October 18RPI
  • Innisfail Park
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–7
November 1at CCNY
T 6–6[5]
November 4Baltimore
  • Innisfail Park
  • Bronx, NY
W 52–02,000[6]
November 14Catholic University
  • Innisfail Park
  • Bronx, NY
W 7–6[7]
November 22at St. John's
L 19–218,000[8]

1931

1931 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumJasper Field, Polo Grounds
1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 3
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Harvard   –   7 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   8 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   7 – 1 – 1
Syracuse   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 8 Yale   –   5 – 1 – 2
Army   –   8 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 2 – 2
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 5 – 3
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 1
St. John's   –   3 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   2 – 7 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 8 – 0
Princeton   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their second year under head coach John B. Law, the Jaspers compiled a 4–2–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Baltimore
W 87–0[9]
October 9Oglethorpe
W 13–015,000[10]
October 17at Colgate
L 0–334,000[11]
November 3vs. CCNY
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
T 0–010,000[12]
November 7at Catholic University
L 6–19[13]
November 14at Boston University
W 12–0[14]
November 21St. John's
  • Jasper Field
  • New York, NY
W 8–7[15]

1932

1932 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumEbbets Field, Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Manhattan Field
1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Colgate   –   9 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 2
No. 8 Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   5 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 2 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 2 – 2
La Salle   –   4 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 2
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 2 – 3
Yale   –   2 – 2 – 3
Boston University   –   2 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1932 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In their first season under head coach Chick Meehan, the Jaspers compiled a 6–3–2 record.[16] On January 1, 1933, the team played in the first Palm Festival game, predecessor to the Orange Bowl, in Miami.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24St. Bonaventure
T 6–6[17]
October 1Saint Joseph's
W 32–210,000[18]
October 8Seton Hall
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 31–015,000[19]
October 15St. Thomas
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–7[20]
October 22Catholic University
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 7–1220,000[21]
October 29Oglethorpe
W 20–715,000[22]
November 8CCNY
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–67,000[23]
November 12Clarkson Tech
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 28–0[24]
November 19Holy Cross
T 0–08,000[25]
December 3Rutgers
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 7–615,000[26]
January 2, 1933at Miami (FL)
L 0–77,500[27]

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1933

1933 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumEbbets Field, Manhattan Field
1933 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Army   –   9 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 1 – 1
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Drexel   –   5 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 3 – 0
Manhattan   –   5 – 3 – 1
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   3 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 4 – 1
Northeastern   –   1 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   2 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1933 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1933 college football season. In their second season under head coach Chick Meehan, the Jaspers compiled a 5–3–1 record.[28]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23St. Bonaventure
W 6–0
September 30Clarkson Tech
W 13–76,000[29]
October 7Oglethorpe
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–6[30]
October 14Georgetown
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
T 20–2018,000[31]
October 21Brooklyn
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 28–0
October 28Villanova
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–47
November 4CCNY
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 24–03,500[32]
November 11Holy Cross
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 6–27
November 18Catholic University
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 7–0

1934

1934 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumEbbets Field
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
La Salle   –   7 – 0 – 1
Washington College   –   5 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Colgate   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Temple   –   7 – 1 – 2
No. 10 Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 2
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 1 – 1
Rochester   –   5 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   4 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bates   –   3 – 3 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Williams   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colby   –   3 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   2 – 3 – 3
Manhattan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 2
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Saint Joseph's   –   2 – 5 – 1
Cornell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 0
Norwich   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bowdoin   –   0 – 6 – 1
Lowell Textile   –   0 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In their third season under head coach Chick Meehan, the Jasper compiled a 3–5–1 record. In intersectional games, Manhattan tied with Kansas State and lost to Michigan State. The team played all of its games at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.[33]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22St. Bonaventure
W 6–0[34]
September 29Clarkson Tech
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 19–75,000[35]
October 6Kansas State
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
T 13–135,000[36]
October 13Georgetown
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–915,000[37]
October 20Michigan State
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–3918,000[38]
October 27Catholic University
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–317,500[39]
November 3CCNY
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 21–015,000[40]
November 10Holy Cross
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 6–1215,000[41]
November 17Villanova
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–3915,000[42]

1935

1935 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumEbbets Field
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Holy Cross   –   9 – 0 – 1
NYU   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   8 – 2 – 0
Northeastern   –   5 – 0 – 3
Syracuse   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Pittsburgh   –   7 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 2 – 1
Providence   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Army   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   7 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Manhattan   –   5 – 3 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 2
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 5 – 2
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Cornell   –   0 – 6 – 1
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Chick Meehan, the Jaspers compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 248 to 117.[43] The team's starting backfield consisted of Jim Downey, John Zuck, Jim Whalen, and Red Welch.[44]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Niagara
W 25–612,000[45]
September 27St. Bonaventure
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 32–13[46]
October 5Brooklyn
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 59–76,000[47]
October 12LSU
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–3220,000[48]
October 19Holy Cross
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
T 13–1315,000[49]
October 26NC State
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–2017,000[50]
November 2CCNY
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 65–0[51]
November 9La Salle
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 54–137,500[52]
November 16Georgetown
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–1310,000[53]

1936

1936 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
Home stadiumEbbets Field, Randall's Island Stadium
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middlebury   –   8 – 0 – 0
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   6 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 2
Saint Vincent   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 4 – 0
Northeastern   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Westminster (PA)   –   2 – 4 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 7 – 0
Syracuse   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Chick Meehan, the Jaspers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 145 to 92.[54]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26St. Bonaventure
W 32–710,000
October 2Niagara
W 33–7
October 9NC State
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 13–620,000[55]
October 17at Holy Cross
L 7–1310,000
October 24Detroit
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–2015,000[56]
October 31vs. CCNY
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 28–76,000
November 7Kentucky
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 13–7[57]
November 14Georgetown
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 13–0
November 21Villanova
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–12
December 5vs. Texas A&M
L 6–136,000[58]

1937

1937 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumEbbets Field, Polo Grounds
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Chick Meehan, the Jaspers compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 86 to 84.[59]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25St. Bonaventure
W 21–1210,000[60]
October 2Texas A&M
L 7–1420,000[61]
October 9Michigan State
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 3–08,000[62]
October 16Villanova
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
L 0–2018,000[63]
October 23at Kentucky
L 0–198,000[64][65]
October 30at GeorgetownWashington, DCW 20–12[66]
November 6Detroit
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 7–012,000[67]
November 13NC State
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 15–03,500[68]
November 20Niagara
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 13–7[69]
December 4at No. 20 Tulsa
T 0–010,000[70]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1938

1938 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumYankee Stadium, Ebbets Field, Polo Grounds
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 9 Holy Cross   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 12 Cornell   –   5 – 1 – 1
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 2 – 3
Manhattan   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 4 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 6 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their first season under head coach Herb Kopf, the Jaspers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 70.[71]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24St. Bonaventure
L 6–7
September 30Niagara
W 19–0
October 8at Holy Cross
L 6–19
October 15at Providence
W 20–73,000[72]
October 22Georgetown
L 13–1415,000[73]
October 29at CanisiusBuffalo, NYW 13–3
November 5NC State
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 3–08,000[74]
November 19West Virginia
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–06,000[75]
November 24 No. 16 Villanova
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–20
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1939

1939 Manhattan Jaspers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds, Randall's Island Stadium
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Manhattan Jaspers football team represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their second season under head coach Herb Kopf, the Jaspers compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 155.[76]

Manhattan was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 45 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings.[77] and at No. 83 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[78]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Holy Cross
L 0–2820,000[79][80]
October 7St. Bonaventure
W 6–07,000[81]
October 14Duquesne
L 0–7[82]
October 21Auburn
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 7–07,500–8,000[83][84]
November 4at Boston University
W 26–05,000[85]
November 11at West Virginia
W 19–710,000[86]
November 18at Detroit
L 13–36[87]
November 25Villanova
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–79,951[88]

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