1942 Drexel Dragons football team

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1942 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1941
1944  
1942 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams   7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State   6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College   8 2 0
Buffalo   6 2 0
Bucknell   6 2 1
Colgate   6 2 1
Army   6 3 0
Syracuse   6 3 0
Duquesne   6 3 1
Yale   5 3 0
Fordham   5 3 1
Penn   5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   5 4 1
Dartmouth   5 4 0
Brown   4 4 0
Villanova   4 4 0
Vermont   4 3 0
Carnegie Tech   3 3 0
Boston University   4 5 0
Cornell   3 5 1
Princeton   3 5 1
Temple   2 5 3
Columbia   3 6 0
Pittsburgh   3 6 0
Tufts   2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall   1 4 2
Massachusetts State   2 5 0
Harvard   2 6 1
Drexel   2 6 0
Manhattan   2 6 0
CCNY   1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

1942 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Albert H. Repscha.

Contents

Drexel was ranked at No. 355 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3 Delaware
L 0–40
October 10 Juniata
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–13
October 17at Haverford L 0–18
October 24 Lebanon Valley
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–19
October 31at Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA L 0–18
November 7at Ursinus Collegeville, PA L 13–19
November 14 Susquehanna
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–0
November 21 Johns Hopkins
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 29–6

[2]

Roster

1942 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Dick Dowd
FB John Christie
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
  • Albert H. Repscha (Maine)
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

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References

  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Blue Hens Down Dragons" (PDF). The Triangle. October 9, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved January 29, 2018.