1956 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1956 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

1956 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1956 record5–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Bill Zador
  • Vince Vidas
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern Michigan      7 0 1
Carthage      8 2 0
Tampa      7 2 0
Cal Poly San Dimas      6 2 0
Mississippi Southern      7 2 1
Wabash      6 2 1
Hawaii      7 3 0
Hofstra      7 3 0
Xavier      7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 1
Pepperdine      6 3 0
Washington University      6 3 0
La Verne      6 4 0
Buffalo      5 3 0
Drexel      5 3 0
Long Beach State      5 3 0
Delaware      5 3 1
Baldwin–Wallace      4 5 0
Rose Poly      3 4 0
Bucknell      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Temple      3 5 0
Howard (AL)      2 5 2
Sewanee      1 6 1
UC Riverside      1 6 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30New Haven
L 19–28
October 6at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 13–7
October 13West Chester
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–13
October 20Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 44–21
October 27at JuniataHuntingdon, PAL 13–19
November 3Western Maryland
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6
November 10at Lebanon ValleyAnnville, PAW 32–12
November 17Coast GuardNew London, CTW 20–7
  • Homecoming

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Roster

1956 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB, K Ron Kleppinger Sr
TE Iles Wauhop Sr
TE Art Barnes
OT Vince Vidas (C) Sr
OG Don Whitney
OG Ed Schmidt
C Jack Eidenberg
HB, P Frank Russo Sr
HB John Maloney Jr
HB Gambone
QB, K 19 Bill Zador (C) Sr
QB Dave Ritchie
[[American football positions|]] Dick Hughes Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "New Haven Stops Dragons" (PDF). The Triangle. October 5, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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