1950 Drexel Dragons football team

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1950 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Tommy Price
  • Lew Gerlach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1949
1951  
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Franklin & Marshall   9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton   9 0 0
St. Lawrence   8 0 0
Thiel   7 0 0
No. 2 Army   8 1 0
Fordham   8 1 0
Carnegie Tech   7 1 0
Drexel   6 1 0
Cornell   7 2 0
Bucknell   6 3 0
Penn   6 3 0
Yale   6 3 0
Buffalo   5 3 0
Colgate   5 3 0
Penn State   5 3 1
Syracuse   5 5 0
Temple   4 4 1
Tufts   4 4 1
Columbia   4 5 0
Villanova   4 5 0
Holy Cross   4 5 1
Dartmouth   3 5 1
Boston University   3 5 0
Duquesne   2 6 1
Hofstra   2 6 0
NYU   1 5 1
CCNY   1 7 0
Harvard   1 7 0
Brown   1 8 0
Pittsburgh   1 8 0
Boston College   0 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1950 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Contents

Tackle Tom Staszak was awarded second team on the 1950 Little All-America college football team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Ursinus Collegeville, PA W 26–05,000 [1] [2]
October 7 Gettysburg Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–78,000 [3]
October 14 Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–7 [4]
October 28at Washington College
W 21–0 [5]
November 4 Western Maryland
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 25–26 [6]
November 11at Swarthmore
W 28–72,000 [7]
November 18 West Chester
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–68,000 [8]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Roster

1950 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Fred Haid
OT 31 Adams
G 22Tommy Price (C)
C 21George Rusetski
G Kim Billings
OT Silverman
TE Colson
HB 13Joe Pietrocarlo
HB 19Hank Vaders
FB 39Tom Stazak
QB Smith
TE 20Zak Zakarian
TE 28Fred Yahrling
TE Dick Spahr
TE 40Dick Henry
OT Joe Hefferman
OT Bill Huster
G George Ream  Injury icon 2.svg
G John Racine
G 35Ernie Rodgers
C Carl Bauer
C Bob Stewart
HB 15Joe Bigatel
HB 11Lew Gerlach (C)
HB 42Tom Kolongowski
HB 12Archie GrossSo
HB 29Art Fischer
HB 14Harry ConnorSo
QB 16Bobby Brown
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 18Frank Fogarty
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. "Drexel defeats Ursinus, 26–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 1, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Drexel downs Ursinus, 26–0" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. October 6, 1950. p. 6. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  3. "Drexel scores upset over G-Burg, 13–7". Sunday News. October 8, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "PMC defeated by Drexel, 19–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Drexel eleven overpowers Washington College, 21 to 0". The Baltimore Sun. October 29, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "W. Md. defeats Drexel by 26–25". The Baltimore Sun. November 5, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Drexel whips Swarthmore, 28–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Drexel trips W. Chester, 7–6, ends seasons with 6–1 mark". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 19, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.