1932 Manhattan Jaspers football team

The 1932 Manhattan Jaspers football team was an American football team that represented Manhattan College as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its first season under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 6–3–2 record.^[1] On January 1, 1933, the team played in the first Palm Festival game, predecessor to the Orange Bowl, in Miami.

1932 Manhattan Jaspers football
Palm Festival, L 0–7 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3–2
Head coach	Chick Meehan (1st season)
Home stadium	Ebbets Field, Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Manhattan Field
Seasons ← 1931 1933 →

1932 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Colgate			–					9	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					7	–	1	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	0
Duquesne			–					7	–	2	–	1
Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					5	–	1	–	2
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	2	–	2
La Salle			–					4	–	2	–	2
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	2
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	2	–	3
Yale			–					2	–	2	–	3
Boston University			–					2	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					2	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	St. Bonaventure	Manhattan Field New York, NY	T 6–6		[2]
October 1	Saint Joseph's	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 32–2	10,000	[3]
October 8	Seton Hall	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 31–0	15,000	[4]
October 15	St. Thomas	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	L 0–7		[5]
October 22	Catholic University	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	L 7–12	20,000	[6]
October 29	Oglethorpe	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 20–7	15,000	[7]
November 8	CCNY	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 13–6	7,000	[8]
November 12	Clarkson Tech	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 28–0		[9]
November 19	Holy Cross	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	T 0–0	8,000	[10]
December 3	Rutgers	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 7–6	15,000	[11]
January 2, 1933	at Miami (FL)	Moore Park Miami, FL (Palm Festival)	L 0–7	7,500	[12]