1963 Drexel Dragons football team

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1963 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionSouthern College Division
Record5–3 (3–2 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
  1962
1964  
1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
No. 2 Delaware x 4 0 08 0 0
Bucknell 3 1 06 3 0
Gettysburg 2 2 05 4 0
Temple 1 2 05 3 1
Lehigh 1 3 01 8 0
Lafayette 1 4 01 8 0
Northern College Division
Upsala x 4 1 06 2 0
Wagner 4 1 06 3 0
Albright 2 3 03 5 0
Moravian 2 4 02 4 0
Wilkes 2 5 03 5 0
Lycoming 1 5 01 7 0
Juniata * 3 1 05 3 0
Susquehanna * 2 1 08 1 0
Hofstra * 0 0 03 6 0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x 4 0 06 1 1
Muhlenberg 4 1 05 3 0
Dickinson 5 2 05 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 04 3 0
Drexel 3 2 05 3 0
Lebanon Valley 4 3 04 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 3 5 03 6 0
Ursinus 2 4 12 4 1
Haverford 2 4 02 5 0
Franklin & Marshall 1 4 01 6 0
Johns Hopkins 0 4 10 6 1
West Chester * 0 0 07 1 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 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 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

Contents

The 1963 season was the first season the football team played at the new Drexel Field (later renamed Vitas Field), located at 43rd and Powelton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 281:30 p.m. Coast Guard *
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–33,000 [1] [2]
October 51:30 p.m. Lebanon Valley
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 30–63,300
October 121:30 p.m. Lycoming
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–73,000
October 191:30 p.m. Delaware Valley *
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 43–153,000
October 262:00 p.m.at Wilkes
W 23–142,800
November 21:30 p.m.at Pennsylvania Military
L 0–102,500
November 91:30 p.m. King's *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–06,500
November 161:30 p.m.at Western Maryland Westminster, MD L 6–72,000
November 231:30 p.m.at Dickinson (cancelled due to JFK assassination)Cancelled
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

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1963 Drexel Dragons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 39Bob BrennanSr
OT 64Don MankinSr
G 61Chuck NiessnerJr
C 53Jules BoschSr
G 63Tony GiulianteSo
OT 49Joel GotchelSr
TE 40Chuck FarrellSo
HB 24John SchlichtigSr
HB 27Rich ThatcherJr
FB, TE 32Harry PurnellSr
QB 17Fran CrovettiJr
TE 36Hal VangJr
TE 37Hank NowakSo
TE 41Russ DeLucaSo
TE 38Frank GalloSr
TE 42Larry VeitSo
TE 43Phil HallSr
TE 44Irv CampbellSo
OT 47Al AndermanJr
OT 54Mike HigginsSo
OT 56Nick PolivkaSo
OT 57Sante CamoSo
OT 62Ted PassynSr
OT 65Ron HeckmanSo
G 45John SmithSr
G 48George GuerraJr
G 51Rich CecchineSo
G 58Bob SteelSo
G 59Matt KennedySo
G 60Bill WhitorffJr
C 50Brud ShawSr
C 52Don BrownSo
C 53Jules BoschSr
C 55Bob MuntzSo
HB 22Ed BogdanJr
HB 21Carl ValentinoSo
HB 23Rich SullivanSo
HB 25Dave LeahyJr
HB 30Skip LombardiSo
HB 33Ken PrescottSo
FB 31Bruno CeccarelliJr
FB 34Harry HeinzlSo
FB 35Tom McVeighSo
QB 20Tim PattersonSr
QB 19Bob KingSr
QB 18Don HarmatuckJr
QB, P 16Howie GuariniJr
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. "Coast Guardsmen At Drexel Tech". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. September 28, 1963. p. 13. Retrieved August 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. "Coast Guard's Allison Defeats Drexel, 3-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1963. p. S3. Retrieved August 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. White, Tom (October 4, 1963). "Dragons Sunk By Coast Guard, Face Lebanon Valley Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 12. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  4. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  5. "Drexel vs King's". drexel.edu. Drexel University. November 9, 1963. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.