1959 Drexel Dragons football team

1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University Division
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Gettysburg	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	9	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Northern College Division
Albright x	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Juniata	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Wagner	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Scranton *	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	0
Drexel	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore *	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0

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

The 1959 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 1959 college football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	8:00 pm	at Albright	Reading, PA	L 12–23	4,000
October 3	1:30 pm	Gettysburg*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–36	3,000
October 10	1:30 pm	Scranton	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–28	2,000
October 24	1:30 pm	at Pennsylvania Military	Chester, PA	L 7–20	3,500
October 31	1:30 pm	Temple*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–8	2,500–5,000	^[1]
November 7	1:30 pm	Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–47	1,000
November 14	1:30 pm	at Western Maryland	Hoffa Field Westminster, MD	L 6–26	3,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

1959 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE		Ray Miller
TE		Bob Saracein
TE		Cliff Dirkes
TE		Jack Geary
TE		Skip Becker
OT		Jim Valentine
OT		Frank Garofolo
OT		Walt Danz
OT		Dick Kohl
G		Pete Gable
G		Mike Dobulewicz
C		Dick Frazier
C		Jerry Humphrey
C		John McGovern
C		George Kelley
HB		Frank Bell
HB		Butch Lewoc
HB		Harry O'Neil
HB		Ken Suter
HB		Knobbe Deitz
HB		Jack Salvucci
FB		Tom O'Connor (C)
FB		Mike Piernock
FB		Pat Brett
QB		Jim Holden
QB		Tony DiGiovacchino
QB		George Carter