1947 Drexel Dragons football team

1947 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–8
Head coach	Ralph Chase (2nd season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1947 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Springfield			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Merchant Marine			–					2	–	9	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	8:00 p.m.	at West Chester	Wayne Field West Chester, PA	L 13–33	5,000	[1][2]
October 4		Ursinus	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6
October 11	2:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7	5,000	[3]
October 18	2:15 p.m.	at Haverford	Walton Field Haverford, PA	L 6–33	4,500
October 25		Pennsylvania Military	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–25
November 1		at Johns Hopkins		L 0–39	6,000
November 8		at Dickinson		L 13–25
November 15		Swarthmore	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–19	2,000
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1947 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ralph Chase (Pittsburgh) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "W. Chester Faces Drexel Tonight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1947. p. 35. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "West Chester Routs Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1947. p. 14. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Lehigh Beats Drexel, 7-0, On Navarro's 72-Yard Run". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Dragons Drop 2 Openers" (PDF). The Triangle. October 10, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved February 6, 2018.