1951 Drexel Dragons football team

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1951 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom Stazak
  • Kim Billings
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1950
1952  
1951 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell   9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton   9 0 0
Susquehanna   6 0 0
Trenton State   6 0 0
Northeastern   6 0 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   8 2 0
Carnegie Tech   6 2 0
Hofstra   6 2 1
Cornell   6 3 0
No. 16 Boston University   6 4 0
Temple   6 4 0
Columbia   5 3 0
Villanova   5 3 0
Fordham   5 4 0
Franklin & Marshall   5 4 0
Penn   5 4 0
Penn State   5 4 0
Syracuse   5 4 0
Buffalo   4 4 0
Colgate   4 5 0
Dartmouth   4 5 0
Drexel   3 4 0
Harvard   3 5 1
Boston College   3 6 0
Yale   2 5 2
Pittsburgh   3 7 0
Geneva   2 5 0
Army   2 7 0
Brown   2 7 0
NYU   1 7 0
Tufts   0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Ursinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–13 [1] [2]
October 6 Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA L 0–213,500 [2] [3]
October 20at Pennsylvania Military
W 16–0 [4]
October 27 Dickinson
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 8–13 [5]
November 3at Western Maryland
L 0–6 [6]
November 101:30 pm Swarthmore Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 35–6 [7]
November 171:30 pmat West Chester
L 0–13 [8]

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Roster

1951 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Fred Haid
OT Evan Adams
G 32Carl Bauer
C 18Frank Fogarty
G Tom Grindler
OT 43Kim Billings (C)
TE 27Dick Spahr
HB Archie GrossJr
HB 15Joe Bigatel
FB 29Art Fischer
QB Gene Hug
TE 13Tommy Lawler
TE Asa Colson
OT Dick Bjorklund
G 45Dick Yasky
G, DE Fred Ulmer
C Ted Rubin
C Paul Von Zech
G Jim Hart
G Ted Pettros
OT Bob Duffield
OT Chmielewski
TE 31Leo HayesSo
TE Paul Reibrick
HB Mike Di Venanzio
HB 19Hank Vaders
HB Tom Grebis So
HB Joe Haenn
FB Tom Kolongowski
FB John Dooney
FB 38Tom Stazak (C)
QB Auggie Campiglia
QB George MeyersFr
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. "Drexel Tech scores 14–13 win over Ursinus". The Morning Call. September 30, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Allenmen split first two" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. October 12, 1951. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  3. "Bullets top Drexel, 21 to 0". Sunday News. October 7, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Drexel Tech rolls over PMC in 5th of series, 16–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dickinson rally beats Drexel, 13–8". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Western Maryland nips Drexel, 6–0". Cumberland Sunday Times. November 4, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Drexel beats Swarthmore, 35–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "West Chester beats Drexel on 2 Hersh tallies, 13–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 18, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved March 14, 2024.