1896 Drexel Dragons football team

1896 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5
Head coach	None
Captains	William Storm R. R. Worrell
Home stadium	West Philadelphia YMCA

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result
Unknown	Central High School		W 10–0
October 14[2]	at Chester High School	Chester Park Chester, PA	L 0–11
October 17[3]	at Media Shortlidge Academy	Media, PA	L 0–4
October 22[4]	at Wilmington Art School	Wilmington, DE	L 0–10
November 6[5]	at Northeast Manual Training School	Willow Grove, PA	L 2–6
November 18[6]	at Media Shortlidge Academy	Media, PA	L 0–22

Roster

1896 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Mills OT Murdaugh G Weihman C Burgess G S. Walter Bishop Jr OT Mask TE Tyson HB Atmore HB William Storm (C) FB Jackson QB R. Worrell TE, OT Viguers	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach No coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. Smith, Mel. "USA COLLEGE GRIDIRON 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
2. "Chester and Drexel Institute". newspapers.com. Chester, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
3. "Drexel Institute Defeated". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Times. October 18, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
4. "Wilmington Wins". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
5. "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 7, 1896 · Page 10". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 7, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
6. "Media Academy Defeats Drexel". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 19, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved October 17, 2018.