1920 Drexel Dragons football team

1920 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–6
Head coach	William McAvoy (1st season)
Captain	George Crichton

1920 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					8	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					6	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	0	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	0	–	2
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					5	–	2	–	1
New Hampshire			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	2	–	2
Boston University			–					4	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne			–					3	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	4	–	4
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					1	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	6	–	0

The 1920 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1920 college football season. Led by William McAvoy in his first season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 0–6.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 16	at Albright	Reading, PA	L 0–41	[1][2]
October 23	at Susquehanna	Meredith Field Sunbury, PA	L 0–59
October 30	Western Maryland	Philadelphia, PA	L 13–14	[3]
November 6	at Washington College	Chestertown, MD	L 0–41	[4]
November 13	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	L 0–82	[5]
November 20	Gallaudet	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–13	[6]

Roster

1920 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB George Chrichton (C)	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach William McAvoy (Lafayette) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Albright scores easy victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1920. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "1920".
3. "Methodists get through by nose against Drexel". The Baltimore Sun. October 31, 1920. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Washington College swamps Drexel team". The Baltimore Sun. November 7, 1920. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Drexel buried under huge score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 14, 1920. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Drexel loses final game to Gallaudet". The Washington Post. November 21, 1920. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.