1958 Drexel Dragons football team

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1958 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
Record1–7 (1–5 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University
No. 20 Rutgers x 4 0 08 1 0
Lafayette 5 1 15 3 1
Gettysburg 3 1 17 1 1
Lehigh 2 1 23 3 3
Delaware 2 3 05 3 0
Bucknell 1 5 01 8 0
Temple 0 5 00 8 0
Muhlenberg * 1 2 04 4 0
College–Northern
Juniata x 6 0 07 0 1
Lycoming 4 1 07 1 0
Lebanon Valley 3 1 14 3 1
Susquehanna 3 2 03 4 0
Moravian 3 3 04 4 0
Wagner 3 3 03 5 0
Dickinson 3 4 04 4 0
Albright 2 4 12 6 1
Wilkes 1 7 01 8 0
Scranton * 2 2 05 3 0
College–Southern
Pennsylvania Military x 7 1 07 2 0
Johns Hopkins 5 1 05 3 0
Haverford 4 2 04 3 0
Western Maryland 1 4 03 6 0
Swarthmore 1 4 01 7 0
Drexel 1 5 01 7 0
Ursinus 0 8 00 8 0
West Chester * 1 0 09 1 0
Franklin & Marshall * 3 1 05 4 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 27 Albright
L 0–211,000
October 4at National Agricultural *L 8–13
October 11at Gettysburg *
L 0–27
October 18 West Chester
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–511,000
October 25 Pennsylvania Military Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–151,000
November 1at Scranton
L 14–33
November 81:30 pmat Juniata
L 0–52
November 15 Western Maryland
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0700
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1958 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Bill Alter (C)
TE Bomer
TE Jack Geary
TE Charlie Paul
TE John Lesniewski
OT Frank Garofolo
OT Ron Bales
OT Walt Danz
OT Ray Miller
G Don Whitney
G Bob DeColli
G Ron Kidd
G Dick Frazier
C Ed Schmidt (C)
C Dick Cole
HB Joe Zador
HB Frank Bell
HB John Maloney
HB Ken Suter
HB Harry O'Neil
FB Pat Brett
FB Mike Piernock
QB Tom O'Connor
QB Jim Holden
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. "Football Schedule" (PDF). The Triangle. September 24, 1958. p. 8. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved March 14, 2024.