1896 Drexel Dragons football team

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1896 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5
Head coach
  • None
Captains
  • William Storm
  • R. R. Worrell
Home stadium West Philadelphia YMCA
Seasons
  1895
1897  
1896 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham   1 0 0
Lafayette   11 0 1
Princeton   10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson   8 0 1
Penn   14 1 0
Yale   13 1 0
Pittsburgh College   11 2 0
Buffalo   9 1 2
Villanova   10 4 0
Bucknell   5 2 1
Harvard   7 4 0
Boston College   5 3 0
Storrs   5 3 0
Cornell   5 3 1
Syracuse   5 3 2
Temple   3 2 0
Army   3 2 1
Rutgers   6 6 0
Carlisle   5 5 0
Holy Cross   2 2 2
Brown   4 5 1
Wesleyan   4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall   3 4 2
Geneva   3 4 0
Penn State   3 4 0
Colgate   3 4 1
Amherst   3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.   3 6 0
Lehigh   2 5 0
Tufts   2 6 1
Swarthmore   2 6 0
New Hampshire   1 4 0
Drexel   1 5 0
Massachusetts   0 4 0
Rhode Island   0 4 0

The 1896 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

Contents

Schedule

[1]

DateOpponentSiteResult
Unknown Central High School W 10–0
October 14 [2] at Chester High School
L 0–11
October 17 [3] at Media Shortlidge Academy Media, PA L 0–4
October 22 [4] at Wilmington Art School Wilmington, DE L 0–10
November 6 [5] at Northeast Manual Training School Willow Grove, PA L 2–6
November 18 [6] at Media Shortlidge AcademyMedia, PAL 0–22

Roster

1896 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Mills
OT Murdaugh
G Weihman
C Burgess
G S. Walter BishopJr
OT Mask
TE Tyson
HB Atmore
HB William Storm (C)
FB Jackson
QB R. Worrell
TE, OT Viguers
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
  • No coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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