1948 Drexel Dragons football team

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1948 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–8
Head coach
CaptainCharlie Pascale
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1947
1949  
1948 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Army   8 0 1
Penn State   7 1 1
Buffalo   6 1 1
Villanova   8 2 1
Boston University   6 2 0
Boston College   5 2 2
Pittsburgh   6 3 0
Franklin & Marshall   5 3 1
CCNY   3 4 1
Tufts   3 4 1
Colgate   3 6 0
Fordham   3 6 0
NYU   3 6 0
Temple   2 6 1
Duquesne   2 7 0
Carnegie Tech   1 7 0
Hofstra   0 6 2
Bucknell   1 8 0
Syracuse   1 8 0
Drexel   0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1948 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach for the first five games of the season, when Maury McMains took over head coaching duties in order to allow Chase to focus on coaching the basketball team. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Gettysburg
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–28
October 2at Ursinus Collegeville, PA L 7–19
October 9at Lehigh L 0–455,000 [2]
October 16 Haverford Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–7
October 23at Pennsylvania Military Chester, PA L 6–33
October 30 Johns Hopkins
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–22
November 6 Dickinson
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–14
November 13at Swarthmore L 13–33
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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Roster

1948 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT Charlie Pascale (C)Jr
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. "McMains Named Head Grid Coach" (PDF). The Triangle. October 22, 1948. p. 6. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. "Lehigh Churns Out 45-0 Win over Drexel Dragons". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. October 10, 1948. p. 24 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "19 Straight" (PDF). The Triangle. November 19, 1948. p. 6. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved March 14, 2024.