1961 Drexel Dragons football team

1961 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	Southern College Division
Record	2–5–1 (1–5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (1st season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
No. 15 Rutgers x	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Bucknell	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Delaware	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
No. 6 Lehigh	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Temple	1	–	2	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Lafayette	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Muhlenberg	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Albright	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
Moravian	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Wagner	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Wilkes	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Hofstra *	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Juniata *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Upsala *	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
Southern College Division
Lebanon Valley x	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dickinson	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Drexel	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Haverford	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from major college AP poll for Rutgers and small college AP poll for Lehigh

The 1961 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1961 college football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30		Lebanon Valley	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–17	2,500–3,000	[1]
October 7	8:00 pm	at Albright	Albright Stadium Reading, PA	L 6–47	4,500–5,000	[2]
October 14		Lycoming	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	T 6–6	2,500
October 21		at Pennsylvania Military	Chester, PA	W 9–2	1,500
October 28		Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–17	5,000
November 4		Howard*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–9	2,000
November 11		at Western Maryland	Hoffa Field Westminster, MD	L 0–18	2,500–3,000	[3]
November 18		at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 8–27	2,000
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1961 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Frank Gallo HB Joe Buffalo Jr HB Al Wagner Jr QB Tony DiGiovacchino QB George Carter	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tom Grebis (Drexel) Coordinators/assistant coaches Don Shank (Penn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Lebanon Valley)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
2. "Albright Buries Drexel by 47-6 For 15th in Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1961. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
3. Albert R. Fischer (November 12, 1961). "Western Maryland Defeats Drexel, 18 To 0, In Final Home Contest". The Baltimore Sun. p. 6D – via Newspapers.com.
4. "College Football Scores". Aiken, SC: Aiken Standard And Review. November 13, 1961. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
5. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.