1945 Drexel Dragons football team

1945 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Maury McMains.

1945 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1945 record2–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Dowd
  • John Christie
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Army      9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall      4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia      8 1 0
Temple      7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross      8 2 0
Tufts      4 1 0
No. 8 Penn      6 2 0
Yale      6 3 0
Massachusetts State      2 1 1
Harvard      5 3 0
Penn State      5 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Boston College      3 4 0
Brown      3 4 1
Colgate      3 4 1
Princeton      2 3 2
NYU      3 4 0
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Bucknell      2 5 0
Drexel      2 5 0
Dartmouth      1 6 1
Syracuse      1 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

On Friday October 26, Drexel played in its program's first night football game against West Chester.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6at West VirginiaL 0–42
October 13CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–71,600
October 20HaverfordW 19–0
October 268:00 pmat West Chester
L 0–6
November 3Delaware
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–26
November 10at Johns HopkinsL 13–26
November 172:00 pmLehigh
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–14

[2]

Roster

1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Dick Dowd (C)
HB Bill Smith
HB Geiger
FB Cullen
TE Scott
OT Desiderio
OG Dick Yasky
C VanDoren
OG Haines
OT George Lechler
TE Bahles
FB John Christie
TE Drummond Sr
[[American football positions|]] Art Kees
TE Johnny Liggins
FB Bob Heffner
C Handschumaker
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    References

    1. "Dragons Meet Wet Chester". Newspaper Archive. 23 October 1945. p. 14. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
    2. "Dragons Tackle Last Opponent Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle. 16 November 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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