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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.


1940 Manhattan Jaspers football
Independent
3–6
Herb Kopf (3rd season)
Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Triborough Stadium

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.

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.

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28St. BonaventureTriborough StadiumNew York, NYW 45–07,500
October 4George WashingtonPolo GroundsNew York, NYL 18–218,000
October 11Boston UniversityPolo GroundsNew York, NYW 20–69,233
November 18DetroitPolo GroundsNew York, NYL 0–611,500
October 25at DuquesneForbes FieldPittsburgh, PAL 6–1012,803
November 2at No. 9 Boston CollegeAlumni FieldChestnut Hill, MAL 0–2512,000
November 9MarquetteYankee StadiumBronx, NYW 45–416,000
November 16VillanovaPolo GroundsNew York, NYL 6–1310,126
November 23at Holy CrossFitton FieldWorcester, MAL 25–3310,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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