1953 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1953 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1953 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

1953 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record2–3–1
Head coach
Assistant coachTom Miller
Captains
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army      7 1 1
Harvard      6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 0
Hofstra      6 3 0
Penn State      6 3 0
Yale      5 2 2
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Boston College      5 3 1
Boston University      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Princeton      5 4 0
Tufts      4 3 0
Cornell      4 3 2
Holy Cross      5 5 0
Temple      4 4 1
Colgate      3 4 2
Columbia      4 5 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Villanova      4 6 0
Drexel      2 3 1
Brown      3 5 1
Penn      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Dartmouth      2 7 0
Buffalo      1 5 1
Bucknell      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 2Nightat West Chester
L 12–474,000
October 10Ursinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6 
October 17Franklin & Marshall
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–33 
October 24at Randolph–MaconAshland, VAT 7–7 
October 31Dickinson
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–13 
November 7at Western Maryland
Cancelled (Snow) 
November 14Swarthmore
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6 

Roster

1953 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Glazier
OT Paul VonZech
OG Jim Hart
C 99 Ted Rubin (C)
OG 35 Ted Peetros
OT 48 Nels Sugart
TE 19 Leo Hayes Sr
HB Tom Grebis  (C) Sr
HB Auggie Campiglia
FB George Piper
QB George Meyers Jr
TE 23 Leo O'Connor
TE Cobano
OT Joe Kwapinski
OG Boyle
OG Tom Wonderly
HB Carl Fugmann
FB Kenny Pastor
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tom Miller

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

References

  1. "Dragons Return after Trying Randolph-Macon" (PDF). The Triangle. 30 October 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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