1938 Manhattan Jaspers football team

The 1938 Manhattan Jaspers football team was an American football team that represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its first season under head coach Herb Kopf, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 70.^[1]

1938 Manhattan Jaspers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Herb Kopf (1st season)
Home stadium	Yankee Stadium, Ebbets Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	St. Bonaventure	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	L 6–7
September 30	Niagara	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 19–0
October 8	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–19
October 15	at Providence	LaSalle Field Providence, RI	W 20–7	3,000	^[2]
October 22	Georgetown	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 13–14	15,000	^[3]
October 29	at Canisius	Buffalo, NY	W 13–3
November 5	NC State	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 3–0	8,000	^[4]
November 19	West Virginia	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 13–0
November 24	No. 16 Villanova	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–20
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1938 Manhattan Jaspers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
2. "Jaspers beat Providence by 20–7 score". Brooklyn Eagle. October 16, 1938. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Francis E. Stan (October 23, 1938). "Hoyas, Led by Mellendeck, Beat Manhattan in Fierce Game, 14-13". The Sunday Star. pp. B6, B10 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Jasper place-kick trips NC State, 3–0". Daily News. November 6, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.