1959 Drexel Dragons football team

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1959 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
Record1–6 (0–5 MAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom O'Connor
  • Mike Piernock
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1958
1960  
1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University
Delaware x 5 0 08 1 0
Gettysburg 3 2 05 4 0
Lafayette 4 3 05 4 0
Bucknell 3 3 04 5 0
Rutgers 2 2 06 3 0
Lehigh 2 3 04 5 0
Temple 0 5 00 9 0
Muhlenberg * 1 2 03 6 0
College–Northern
Albright x 6 1 07 3 0
Juniata 5 1 07 1 0
Wagner 5 1 06 2 0
Lebanon Valley 3 2 05 3 0
Susquehanna 3 2 04 3 0
Moravian 2 4 03 5 0
Wilkes 2 5 02 5 0
Lycoming 1 4 03 5 0
Scranton * 3 1 05 4 0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x 6 0 07 1 0
Pennsylvania Military 6 2 06 2 0
Western Maryland 3 2 15 2 2
Ursinus 2 5 02 6 0
Dickinson 1 5 01 7 0
Haverford 0 5 01 5 0
Drexel 0 5 01 6 0
Franklin & Marshall * 1 2 14 3 1
Swarthmore * 1 3 02 5 0
West Chester * 0 0 07 1 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1959 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 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 268:00 pmat Albright Reading, PA L 12–234,000
October 31:30 pm Gettysburg *
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–363,000
October 101:30 pm Scranton
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–282,000
October 241:30 pmat Pennsylvania Military Chester, PA L 7–203,500
October 311:30 pm Temple *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–82,500–5,000 [1]
November 71:30 pm Juniata
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–471,000
November 141:30 pmat Western Maryland
L 6–263,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1959 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Ray Miller
TE Bob Saracein
TE Cliff Dirkes
TE Jack Geary
TE Skip Becker
OT Jim Valentine
OT Frank Garofolo
OT Walt Danz
OT Dick Kohl
G Pete Gable
G Mike Dobulewicz
C Dick Frazier
C Jerry Humphrey
C John McGovern
C George Kelley
HB Frank Bell
HB Butch Lewoc
HB Harry O'Neil
HB Ken Suter
HB Knobbe Deitz
HB Jack Salvucci
FB Tom O'Connor (C)
FB Mike Piernock
FB Pat Brett
QB Jim Holden
QB Tony DiGiovacchino
QB George Carter
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

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