1953 Drexel Dragons football team

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1953 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3–1
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1952
1954  
1953 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Westminster (PA)   8 0 0
Juniata   7 0 0
No. 14 Army   7 1 1
Harvard   6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall   5 2 0
Hofstra   6 3 0
Penn State   6 3 0
Yale   5 2 2
Carnegie Tech   5 3 0
Boston College   5 3 1
Boston University   5 3 1
Syracuse   5 3 1
Princeton   5 4 0
Tufts   4 3 0
Cornell   4 3 2
Holy Cross   5 5 0
Temple   4 4 1
Colgate   3 4 2
Columbia   4 5 0
Fordham   4 5 0
Villanova   4 6 0
Drexel   2 3 1
Brown   3 5 1
Penn   3 5 1
Pittsburgh   3 5 1
Dartmouth   2 7 0
Buffalo   1 5 1
Bucknell   1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1953 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at West Chester
L 12–474,000 [1]
October 10 Ursinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6 [2]
October 17 Franklin & Marshall Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–33 [3]
October 24at Randolph–Macon Ashland, VA T 7–7 [4] [5]
October 31 Dickinson
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–13 [6]
November 7at Western Maryland
Cancelled (Snow) [7]
November 14 Swarthmore
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6 [8]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

[9]

Roster

1953 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Glazier
OT Paul VonZech
G Jim Hart
C 99Ted Rubin (C)
G 35Ted Peetros
OT 48Nels Sugart
TE 19Leo HayesSr
HB Tom Grebis   Cruz Roja.svg  (C)Sr
HB Auggie Campiglia
FB George Piper
QB George MeyersJr
TE 23Leo O'Connor
TE Cobano
OT Joe Kwapinski
G Boyle
G Tom Wonderly
HB Carl Fugmann
FB Kenny Pastor
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tom Miller

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

  1. "West Chester defeats Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Drexel jars Ursinus on passes, 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "F&M whips Drexel, 33–6, stays unbeaten". The Morning Call. October 18, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Drexel's rally earns 7–7 tie against R–M". Daily Press. October 25, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dragons return after tying Randolph–Macon" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. October 30, 1953. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  6. "Dickinson triumphs, 13–7, over Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 1, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "State teams idled by snow". The Baltimore Sun. November 8, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Drexel beats Swarthmore in season's finale, 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved March 14, 2024.