1936 Manhattan Jaspers football team

The 1936 Manhattan Jaspers football team was an American football team that represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 145 to 92.^[1]

1936 Manhattan Jaspers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Chick Meehan (5th season)
Home stadium	Ebbets Field, Randall's Island Stadium
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	St. Bonaventure	Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	W 32–7	10,000
October 2	Niagara	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 33–7
October 9	NC State	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 13–6	20,000	^[2]
October 17	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–13	10,000
October 24	Detroit	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	L 0–20	15,000	^[3]
October 31	vs. CCNY	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 28–7	6,000
November 7	Kentucky	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 13–7		^[4]
November 14	Georgetown	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 13–0
November 21	Villanova	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	L 0–12
December 5	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 6–13

References

1. "1936 Manhattan Jaspers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
2. "Harry Wheeler, guard, is hero in Manhattan's victory". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 10, 1936. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Todd Wright (October 25, 1936). "Detroit Crushes Manhattan, 20-0". Daily News (New York). pp. 94, 100 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Pat Byrne drives Jaspers to 13–7 gridiron victory". Brooklyn Times Union. November 8, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.