American college basketball season
The 1895–96 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1895–96 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold, led by 1st year head coach F. Knight, played their home games at Main Building.
Roster
1895–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
W.H. Gruel
—
—
Birney
—
—
Low
—
—
Brown
—
—
Conver
—
—
Fritsen
—
—
Whitmann
—
—
Herchine
—
—
Shol
—
—
Kempton
—
—
Gaskill
—
—
Waring
—
—
Gorman
—
—
Mordagh
—
—
Williams
—
—
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Schedule
[ 1]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Site city, state
Regular season
December 6, 1895 [ 2] *
Temple
L 1–3
0-1
1 – Shol
–
–
Main Building Philadelphia, PA
February 29, 1896 *
Temple Reserves
W 3–0
2 – Low
–
–
March 14, 1896 [ 3] *
at Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA Reserves
L 1–2
1 – Birney
–
–
March, 1896 [ 4] *
at Conshohocken Pioneers
L 0–4
–
–
–
March, 1896 [ 5] *
Trenton Turners
L 0–4
–
–
–
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
References
^ "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF) . Retrieved February 23, 2016 .
^ "BASKETBALL AT TEMPLE COLLEGE" . newspaperarchive.com . Philadelphia Times. March 1, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .
^ "P.R.R.Y.M.C.A. Second and Drexel" . newspaperarchive.com . Philadelphia Times. March 16, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .
^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1896 · Page 5" . The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 24, 1896. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
^ "City Notes" . newspaperarchive.com . Trenton Evening Times. March 25, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .