1945 Drexel Dragons football team

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1945 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Dowd
  • John Christie
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1944
1946  
1945 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army   9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall   4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia   8 1 0
Temple   7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross   8 2 0
Tufts   4 1 0
No. 8 Penn   6 2 0
Yale   6 3 0
Massachusetts State   2 1 1
Harvard   5 3 0
Penn State   5 3 0
Cornell   5 4 0
Villanova   4 4 0
Boston College   3 4 0
Brown   3 4 1
Colgate   3 4 1
Princeton   2 3 2
NYU   3 4 0
Pittsburgh   3 7 0
Bucknell   2 5 0
Drexel   2 5 0
Dartmouth   1 6 1
Syracuse   1 6 0
Boston University   0 5 0
CCNY   0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

1945 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Maury McMains.

Contents

On Friday October 26, Drexel played in its program's first night football game against West Chester. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at West Virginia L 0–42
October 13 CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–71,600 [2]
October 20 Haverford W 19–0
October 268:00 pmat West Chester
L 0–6
November 3 Delaware
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–26
November 10at Johns Hopkins L 13–26
November 172:00 pm Lehigh Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–14

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Roster

1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Dick Dowd (C)
HB Bill Smith
HB Geiger
FB Cullen
TE Scott
OT Desiderio
G Dick Yasky
C VanDoren
G Haines
OT George Lechler
TE Bahles
FB John Christie
TE DrummondSr
[[American football positions|]]Art Kees
TE Johnny Liggins
FB Bob Heffner
C Handschumaker
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. "Dragons Meet Wet Chester". Newspaper Archive. October 23, 1945. p. 14. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. "Drexel beats C.C.N.Y., 19–7; Dowd races 57, 67 yards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 14, 1945. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Dragons Tackle Last Opponent Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle. November 16, 1945. p. 4. Retrieved January 31, 2018.