1947 Drexel Dragons football team

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1947 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–8
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1946
1948  
1947 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Penn State   9 0 1
Muhlenberg   9 1 0
Buffalo   8 1 0
No. 11 Army   5 2 2
Villanova   6 3 1
Boston University   5 3 0
Hofstra   5 3 0
Tufts   5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall   4 3 1
Boston College   5 4 0
Holy Cross   4 4 2
Springfield   4 4 0
Syracuse   3 6 0
CCNY   2 5 1
NYU   2 5 1
Colgate   1 5 2
Temple   2 6 0
Bucknell   2 7 0
Duquesne   2 8 0
Fordham   1 6 1
Merchant Marine   2 9 0
Pittsburgh   1 8 0
Carnegie Tech   0 6 0
Drexel   0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 268:00 p.m.at West Chester
L 13–335,000 [1] [2]
October 4 Ursinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6
October 112:00 p.m. Lehigh
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–75,000 [3]
October 182:15 p.m.at Haverford L 6–334,500
October 25 Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–25
November 1at Johns Hopkins L 0–396,000
November 8at Dickinson L 13–25
November 15 Swarthmore Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 14–192,000

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Roster

1947 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
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Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

  1. "W. Chester Faces Drexel Tonight". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1947. p. 35. Retrieved May 9, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. "West Chester Routs Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1947. p. 14. Retrieved May 9, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "Lehigh Beats Drexel, 7-0, On Navarro's 72-Yard Run". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. S3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Dragons Drop 2 Openers" (PDF). The Triangle. October 10, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved February 6, 2018.