1963 Drexel Dragons football team

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.

1963 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
1963 record5–3 (3–2 {{{short_conf}}})
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
University
No. 2 Delaware x 4 0 0  8 0 0
Bucknell 3 1 0  6 3 0
Gettysburg 2 2 0  5 4 0
Temple 1 2 0  5 3 1
Lehigh 1 3 0  1 8 0
Lafayette 1 4 0  1 8 0
College–Northern
Upsala x 4 1 0  6 2 0
Wagner 4 1 0  6 3 0
Albright 2 3 0  3 5 0
Moravian 2 4 0  2 4 0
Wilkes 2 5 0  3 5 0
Lycoming 1 5 0  1 7 0
Juniata * 3 1 0  5 3 0
Susquehanna * 2 1 0  8 1 0
Hofstra * 0 0 0  3 6 0
College–Southern
Western Maryland x 4 0 0  6 1 1
Muhlenberg 4 1 0  5 3 0
Dickinson 5 2 0  5 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0  4 3 0
Drexel 3 2 0  5 3 0
Lebanon Valley 4 3 0  4 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 3 5 0  3 6 0
Ursinus 2 4 1  2 4 1
Haverford 2 4 0  2 5 0
Franklin & Marshall 1 4 0  1 6 0
Johns Hopkins 0 4 1  0 6 1
West Chester * 0 0 0  7 1 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

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, PA.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
Coast Guard*
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–33,000
October 51:30 pmLebanon Valley
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 30–63,300
October 121:30 pmLycoming
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–73,000
October 191:30 pmDelaware Valley*
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 43–153,000
October 262:00 pmat Wilkes
W 23–142,800
November 21:30 pmat Pennsylvania Military
L 0–102,500
November 91:30 pmKing's*
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–06,500
November 161:30 pmat Western MarylandWestminster, MDL 6–72,000
November 231:30 pmat Dickinson (cancelled due to JFK assassination) cancelled

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Roster

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1963 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 39 Bob Brennan Sr
OT 64 Don Mankin Sr
OG 61 Chuck Niessner Jr
C 53 Jules Bosch Sr
OG 63 Tony Giuliante So
OT 49 Joel Gotchel Sr
TE 40 Chuck Farrell So
HB 24 John Schlichtig Sr
HB 27 Rich Thatcher Jr
FB, TE 32 Harry Purnell Sr
QB 17 Fran Crovetti Jr
TE 36 Hal Vang Jr
TE 37 Hank Nowak So
TE 41 Russ DeLuca So
TE 38 Frank Gallo Sr
TE 42 Larry Veit So
TE 43 Phil Hall Sr
TE 44 Irv Campbell So
OT 47 Al Anderman Jr
OT 54 Mike Higgins So
OT 56 Nick Polivka So
OT 57 Sante Camo So
OT 62 Ted Passyn Sr
OT 65 Ron Heckman So
OG 45 John Smith Sr
OG 48 George Guerra Jr
OG 51 Rich Cecchine So
OG 58 Bob Steel So
OG 59 Matt Kennedy So
OG 60 Bill Whitorff Jr
C 50 Brud Shaw Sr
C 52 Don Brown So
C 53 Jules Bosch Sr
C 55 Bob Muntz So
HB 22 Ed Bogdan Jr
HB 21 Carl Valentino So
HB 23 Rich Sullivan So
HB 25 Dave Leahy Jr
HB 30 Skip Lombardi So
HB 33 Ken Prescott So
FB 31 Bruno Ceccarelli Jr
FB 34 Harry Heinzl So
FB 35 Tom McVeigh So
QB 20 Tim Patterson Sr
QB 19 Bob King Sr
QB 18 Don Harmatuck Jr
QB, P 16 Howie Guarini Jr
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 Sunk By Coast Guard, Face Lebanon Valley Tomorrow" (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: The Triangle. 4 October 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. "Drexel vs King's". drexel.edu. Drexel University. 9 November 1963. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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