1940 Manhattan Jaspers football team

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1940 Manhattan Jaspers football team - Wikipedia

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1940 Manhattan Jaspers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Herb Kopf (3rd season)
Home stadium	Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Triborough Stadium
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	St. Bonaventure	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	W 45–0	7,500	^[3]
October 4	George Washington	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 18–21	8,000	^[4]
October 11	Boston University	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 20–6	9,233	^[5]
November 18	Detroit	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–6	11,500	^[6]
October 25	at Duquesne	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–10	12,803	^[7]
November 2	at No. 9 Boston College	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	L 0–25	12,000	^[8]
November 9	Marquette	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 45–41	6,000	^[9]
November 16	Villanova	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 6–13	10,126	^[10]
November 23	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 25–33	10,000	^[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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

v t e Manhattan Jaspers football
Venues	Ebbets Field Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium Randall's Island Stadium
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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