1953 Drexel Dragons football team

1953 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–3–1
Head coach	Eddie Allen (4th season)
Captains	Ted Rubin Tom Grebis
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1953 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Westminster (PA)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Juniata			–					7	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	2	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1953 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	at West Chester	Wayne Field West Chester, PA	L 12–47	4,000	[1]
October 10	Ursinus	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6		[2]
October 17	Franklin & Marshall	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–33		[3]
October 24	at Randolph–Macon	Ashland, VA	T 7–7		[4][5]
October 31	Dickinson	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–13		[6]
November 7	at Western Maryland	Hoffa Field Westminster, MD	Cancelled (Snow)		[7]
November 14	Swarthmore	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6		[8]
Homecoming

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Roster

1953 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Glazier OT Paul VonZech G Jim Hart C 99 Ted Rubin (C) G 35 Ted Peetros OT 48 Nels Sugart TE 19 Leo Hayes Sr HB Tom Grebis  (C) Sr HB Auggie Campiglia FB George Piper QB George Meyers Jr TE 23 Leo O'Connor TE Cobano OT Joe Kwapinski G Boyle G Tom Wonderly HB Carl Fugmann FB Kenny Pastor	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Eddie Allen (Penn) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tom Miller Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "West Chester defeats Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Drexel jars Ursinus on passes, 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "F&M whips Drexel, 33–6, stays unbeaten". The Morning Call. October 18, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Drexel's rally earns 7–7 tie against R–M". Daily Press. October 25, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Dragons return after tying Randolph–Macon" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. October 30, 1953. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
6. "Dickinson triumphs, 13–7, over Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 1, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "State teams idled by snow". The Baltimore Sun. November 8, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Drexel beats Swarthmore in season's finale, 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1953. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.