1948 Drexel Dragons football team

1948 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–8
Head coach	Ralph Chase (3rd season; first 5 games) Maury McMains (final 3 games)
Captain	Charlie Pascale
Home stadium	Drexel Field
Seasons ←  1947 1949  →

1948 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Gettysburg	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–28
October 2	at Ursinus	Collegeville, PA	L 7–19
October 9	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–45	5,000	[2]
October 16	Haverford	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–7
October 23	at 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 13	at Swarthmore		L 13–33
Homecoming

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Roster

1948 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT Charlie Pascale (C) Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ralph Chase (Pittsburgh) Maury McMains (Quantico Marine Base) Coordinators/assistant coaches Herman Epstein (Maryland) Bud Bossick Otis Douglas (William & Mary) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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 (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved March 14, 2024.