Manhattan vs. Villanova
Manhattan and Villanova first met in 1933 and have played 9 times; Villanova leads the series 8–1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Villanova 8–1. Share
- Manhattan wins
- 1
- Villanova wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1933
- Longest streak
- 7 Villanova
- Current streak
- 1 Villanova
- Last 10 meetings
- Villanova 8–1
- Most recent
- 1942
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 20.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Manhattan
- 1–7 Manhattan’s record at home
- At Villanova
- 1–0 Villanova’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 7
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Manhattan’s biggest win1941: Manhattan 9, Villanova 6by 3 points
- Villanova’s biggest win1933: Villanova 47, Manhattan 0by 47 points
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
1936 · Evening star, Nov 22, 1936
1937 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 20, 1937
1938 · Evening star, Nov 25, 1938
1941 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Oct 27, 1941
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
| Nov 1, 1942 | Villanova 32, Manhattan 0 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 25, 1941 | Manhattan 9, 19Villanova 6 | at Manhattan | ||
| Nov 16, 1940 | Villanova 13, Manhattan 6 | at Manhattan | ||
| Nov 25, 1939 | Villanova 7, Manhattan 0 | at Manhattan | ||
| Nov 24, 1938 | 16Villanova 20, Manhattan 0 | at Manhattan | ||
| Oct 16, 1937 | Villanova 20, Manhattan 0 | at Manhattan | ||
| Nov 21, 1936 | Villanova 12, Manhattan 0 | at Manhattan | ||
| Nov 17, 1934 | Villanova 39, Manhattan 0 | at Manhattan | ||
| Oct 28, 1933 | Villanova 47, Manhattan 0 | at Manhattan |
Every game is listed as played on the field.