1927 Drexel Dragons football team

1927 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Walter Halas (1st season)

1927 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tufts			–					8	–	0	–	0
Springfield			–					7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. 6 Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					7	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	3
CCNY			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry—now known as Drexel University—in the 1927 college football season. The team was led by Walter Halas in his first season as head coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	at Juniata		T 0–0
October 1	at Schuylkill	Reading, PA	L 0–12
October 8	at Carnegie Tech	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–58
October 15	at Susquehanna	Aikens Field Selinsgrove, PA	L 0–13
October 22	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	L 0–26	3,000
October 29	Upsala	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 43–0
November 5	New York Aggies	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 51–0
November 12	Saint Joseph's	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7	10,000
November 19	Washington College	Philadelphia, PA	W 19–6

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Roster

1927 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Walter Halas (Illinois) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Drexel Grid Team Plays Ten Games Next Season" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. January 25, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2017.