1940 Drexel Dragons football team

1940 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
Record	2–6 (1–1 EPC)
Head coach	Walter Halas (14th season)
Captain	Walt Hutton

1940 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Franklin & Marshall $	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Muhlenberg	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Drexel	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion

1940 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Walter Halas.

Drexel was ranked at No. 570 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28		Juniata*	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14
October 5		at Buffalo*	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 13–20
October 12		Gettysburg	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–41
October 19		RPI*	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–26
October 26		at Delaware*	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–19	[2]
November 2	2:30 pm	Lowell Textile*	Philadelphia, PA	W 8–0
November 9		at Swarthmore*	Swarthmore, PA	L 6–18
November 16		at Ursinus	Collegeville, PA	W 12–8
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1940 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 34 Walt Hutton (C) Sr	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. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Delaware Gets First Win, Beating Drexel". The Morning Call. October 27, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Drexel Defeated in First Seasonal Tilt" (PDF). The Triangle. October 11, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
4. "1940 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.