Manhattan vs. St. Bonaventure
Manhattan and St. Bonaventure first met in 1936 and have played 6 times; Manhattan leads the series 5–1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Manhattan 5–1, and Manhattan has won the last 3. Share
- Manhattan wins
- 5
- St. Bonaventure wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1936
- Longest streak
- 3 Manhattan
- Current streak
- 3 Manhattan
- Last 10 meetings
- Manhattan 5–1
- Most recent
- 1941
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 15.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Manhattan
- 5–1 Manhattan’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Manhattan’s biggest win1940: Manhattan 45, St. Bonaventure 0by 45 points
- St. Bonaventure’s biggest win1938: St. Bonaventure 7, Manhattan 6by 1 points
- Upset1938: St. Bonaventure 7, Manhattan 6St. Bonaventure had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 26, 1937
1938 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1938
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Sep 27, 1941 | Manhattan 20, St. Bonaventure 12 | at Manhattan | ||
| Sep 28, 1940 | Manhattan 45, St. Bonaventure 0 | at Manhattan | ||
| Oct 7, 1939 | Manhattan 6, St. Bonaventure 0 | at Manhattan | ||
| Sep 24, 1938 | St. Bonaventure 7, Manhattan 6 | at Manhattan | ||
| Sep 25, 1937 | Manhattan 21, St. Bonaventure 12 | at Manhattan | ||
| Sep 26, 1936 | Manhattan 32, St. Bonaventure 7 | at Manhattan |
Every game is listed as played on the field.