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1963 Drexel Dragons football
1963 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
	Southern College Division
Record	5–3 (3–2 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (3rd season);
Home stadium	Drexel Field
	Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University Division
No. 2 Delaware x	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Temple	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Lehigh	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Northern College Division
Upsala x	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Wagner	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Albright	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Juniata *	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna *	2	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Hofstra *	0	–	0	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	1
Muhlenberg	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Dickinson	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Drexel	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	1
Haverford	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	4	–	1	0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 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 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

The 1963 season was the first season the football team played at the new Drexel Field (later renamed Vitas Field), located at 43rd and Powelton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	1:30 p.m.	Coast Guard*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–3	3,000	^[1]^[2]
October 5	1:30 p.m.	Lebanon Valley	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 30–6	3,300
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Lycoming	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 22–7	3,000
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Delaware Valley*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 43–15	3,000
October 26	2:00 p.m.	at Wilkes	Wilkes College Athletic Field Wilkes-Barre, PA	W 23–14	2,800
November 2	1:30 p.m.	at Pennsylvania Military	PMC Stadium Chester, PA	L 0–10	2,500
November 9	1:30 p.m.	King's*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 16–0	6,500
November 16	1:30 p.m.	at Western Maryland	Westminster, MD	L 6–7	2,000
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at Dickinson	(cancelled due to JFK assassination)	Cancelled
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

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1963 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`39`	Bob Brennan	Sr
OT	`64`	Don Mankin	Sr
G	`61`	Chuck Niessner	Jr
C	`53`	Jules Bosch	Sr
G	`63`	Tony Giuliante	So
OT	`49`	Joel Gotchel	Sr
TE	`40`	Chuck Farrell	So
HB	`24`	John Schlichtig	Sr
HB	`27`	Rich Thatcher	Jr
FB, TE	`32`	Harry Purnell	Sr
QB	`17`	Fran Crovetti	Jr
TE	`36`	Hal Vang	Jr
TE	`37`	Hank Nowak	So
TE	`41`	Russ DeLuca	So
TE	`38`	Frank Gallo	Sr
TE	`42`	Larry Veit	So
TE	`43`	Phil Hall	Sr
TE	`44`	Irv Campbell	So
OT	`47`	Al Anderman	Jr
OT	`54`	Mike Higgins	So
OT	`56`	Nick Polivka	So
OT	`57`	Sante Camo	So
OT	`62`	Ted Passyn	Sr
OT	`65`	Ron Heckman	So
G	`45`	John Smith	Sr
G	`48`	George Guerra	Jr
G	`51`	Rich Cecchine	So
G	`58`	Bob Steel	So
G	`59`	Matt Kennedy	So
G	`60`	Bill Whitorff	Jr
C	`50`	Brud Shaw	Sr
C	`52`	Don Brown	So
C	`53`	Jules Bosch	Sr
C	`55`	Bob Muntz	So
HB	`22`	Ed Bogdan	Jr
HB	`21`	Carl Valentino	So
HB	`23`	Rich Sullivan	So
HB	`25`	Dave Leahy	Jr
HB	`30`	Skip Lombardi	So
HB	`33`	Ken Prescott	So
FB	`31`	Bruno Ceccarelli	Jr
FB	`34`	Harry Heinzl	So
FB	`35`	Tom McVeigh	So
QB	`20`	Tim Patterson	Sr
QB	`19`	Bob King	Sr
QB	`18`	Don Harmatuck	Jr
QB, P	`16`	Howie Guarini	Jr