1936 Drexel Dragons football team

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1936 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1935
1937  
1936 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Anselm   6 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh   8 1 1
No. 10 Penn   7 1 0
No. 12 Yale   7 1 0
No. 13 Dartmouth   7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall   7 1 1
No. 14 Duquesne   8 2 0
Boston College   6 1 2
Boston University   5 1 2
No. 15 Fordham   5 1 2
Holy Cross   7 2 1
Villanova   7 2 1
Army   6 3 0
Colgate   6 3 0
Drexel   6 3 0
Temple   6 3 2
La Salle   6 3 1
Buffalo   5 3 0
Columbia   5 3 0
Princeton   4 2 2
Saint Vincent   5 3 0
NYU   5 3 1
Manhattan   6 4 0
Northeastern   5 4 0
Bucknell   4 4 1
CCNY   4 4 0
Tufts   3 3 1
Harvard   3 4 1
Cornell   3 5 0
Penn State   3 5 0
Westminster (PA)   2 4 1
Brown   3 7 0
Carnegie Tech   2 6 0
Massachusetts State   2 6 0
Providence   1 7 0
Syracuse   1 7 0
Vermont   1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

1936 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Walter Halas.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Juniata Huntingdon, PA W 34–7
October 3 St. John's (MD)
L 0–7
October 10 Susquehanna
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–12
October 17 Lebanon Valley
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 9–0
October 24 CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–64,000
October 31at Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA L 6–21
November 7at Ursinus
W 7–6
November 14at Delaware W 7–6 [1]
November 21 Swarthmore Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–0
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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Roster

1936 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 44 Curry
HB 47Harry Fox
QB 55Kenny Rodgers
HB 18Walter Ehmling
TE 39Matt DonaldsonJr
OT 1Al Fitzgerald (C)
G 21 Smullen
C 19 Rhile
G 27Charlie Stevens
OT 14Ed Ott
TE 30 Conard
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

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References

  1. "Drexel Dragons Defeat Delaware Eleven, 7 To 6 In 'Homecoming Battle'". Wilmington Morning News. November 16, 1936. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Drexel Football Schedule" (PDF). The Triangle. October 2, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  3. "1936 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.