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
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
← 1941
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams     7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State     6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College     8 2 0
Buffalo     6 2 0
Bucknell     6 2 1
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. T–19 Holy Cross     5 4 1
Dartmouth     5 4 0
Brown     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Vermont     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     3 3 0
Boston University     4 5 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
CCNY     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Manhattan was ranked at No. 107 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

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.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3MuhlenbergW 27–7[4]
October 10at GeorgetownL 7–912,000[5]
October 18Detroit
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 7–2112,500[6]
October 24Duquesne
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 10–7
November 1at VillanovaL 0–32
November 8at MarquetteL 12–2714,000[7]
November 14North Carolina Pre-Flight
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–17
November 21at Holy CrossL 0–28

References

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  1. ^ "1942 Manhattan Jaspers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Dick Young (July 29, 1943). "Manhattan Quits Football". New York Daily News. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Jaspers Skin Mules, 27-7, in Twilight Tilt". New York Daily News. October 4, 1942. p. 89 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Hoyas Defeat Manhattan: Outplayed, G.U. Grabs Breaks To Win, 9-7". The Sunday Star. October 11, 1942. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Hy Turkin (October 19, 1936). "Detroit Rips Jaspers, 21-8". New York Daily News. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Marquette Blasts Manhattan, 27-12". New York Daily News. November 9, 1942. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.