Manhattan Jaspers

Manhattan has played football since at least 1900 and is 30–⁠49–⁠4 in the 83 games on record. This season, they’re 2–⁠6.

Résumé

Record on file
30–⁠49–⁠4 .386; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1381
Best season by Elo
1938 rated 1484
Seasons
17 since 1900, 83 games

1942 season 2–⁠6

RosterFull 1942 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Manhattan’s Elo through 1942: 1461 going into the opener, 1381 after the last game.13751400142514501475Elo 1461 going in; beat Muhlenberg 27–7Elo 1468 going in; lost to Georgetown 9–7Elo 1459 going in; lost to Detroit Mercy 21–7Elo 1438 going in; beat Duquesne 10–7Elo 1459 going in; lost to Villanova 32–0Elo 1430 going in; lost to Marquette 27–12Elo 1417 going in; lost to North Carolina Pre-Flight 17–0Elo 1402 going in; lost to Holy Cross 28–0Final: Elo 1381 after the last game1381
Elo going into each game, then after the last. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1900

Best seasons ever
Manhattan end-of-season Elo from 1900 to 1942, best in 1938 at 1484.1300150017001900190019101920193019401938 peak: Elo 1484
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Chick Meehan19376–⁠3–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesManhattan record
Villanova91–⁠8
Georgetown82–⁠5–⁠1
Holy Cross60–⁠5–⁠1
Detroit Mercy61–⁠5
St. Bonaventure65–⁠1
Every opponent (32)

Every program Manhattan has played, A to Z, with Manhattan’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Led the nation 1

1940Johnny Supulski passing yards (1,190 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19422–⁠61381
19414–⁠4–⁠11442
19403–⁠61424
19394–⁠41475
19385–⁠41484
19376–⁠3–⁠1Chick Meehan1461
19366–⁠41312
19350–⁠31146
19340–⁠3–⁠11159
19330–⁠1–⁠11177
19310–⁠11175
19230–⁠11166
1904few games on file0–⁠11166
1903few games on file0–⁠31159
1902few games on file0–⁠11184
1901few games on file0–⁠31184
1900few games on file0–⁠11197

No season on file for 1905–⁠22, 1924–⁠30, 1932: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 17 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.