1961 Drexel Dragons football team

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1961 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionSouthern College Division
Record2–5–1 (1–5–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1960
1962  
1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
No. 15 Rutgers x 4 0 09 0 0
Bucknell 5 2 06 3 0
Delaware 3 2 04 4 0
No. 6 Lehigh 3 2 07 2 0
Gettysburg 2 2 13 5 1
Temple 1 2 22 5 2
Lafayette 1 5 12 6 1
Muhlenberg 0 4 02 7 0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x 6 0 08 0 1
Albright 4 0 17 0 1
Moravian 4 1 14 3 1
Wagner 4 2 06 3 0
Lycoming 1 3 11 6 1
Wilkes 1 6 01 6 0
Hofstra * 2 0 07 2 0
Juniata * 1 2 03 4 0
Upsala * 0 4 00 7 0
Southern College Division
Lebanon Valley x 5 1 06 1 0
Swarthmore 4 2 05 2 0
Western Maryland 4 2 07 2 0
Dickinson 5 3 05 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 5 3 06 3 0
Johns Hopkins 2 3 13 4 1
Ursinus 2 5 02 5 0
Drexel 1 5 12 5 1
Haverford 0 6 10 6 1
West Chester * 0 0 07 2 0
Franklin & Marshall * 0 3 01 7 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from major college AP poll for Rutgers and small college AP poll for Lehigh

The 1961 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 1961 college football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Lebanon Valley
L 6–172,500–3,000 [1]
October 78:00 pmat Albright
L 6–474,500–5,000 [2]
October 14 Lycoming
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 6–62,500
October 21at Pennsylvania Military Chester, PA W 9–21,500
October 28 Juniata
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–175,000
November 4 Howard *
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–92,000
November 11at Western Maryland
L 0–182,500–3,000 [3]
November 18at Dickinson Carlisle, PA L 8–272,000

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Roster

1961 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Frank Gallo
HB Joe BuffaloJr
HB Al WagnerJr
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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  2. "Albright Buries Drexel by 47-6 For 15th in Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1961. p. 4S via Newspapers.com.
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