1945 Drexel Dragons football team

1945 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Maury McMains.

1945 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Dowd
  • John Christie
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1945 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army   –  9 –0 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –0 –1
No. 20 Columbia   –  8 –1 –0
Temple   –  7 –1 –0
No. 16 Holy Cross   –  8 –2 –0
Tufts   –  4 –1 –0
No. 8 Penn   –  6 –2 –0
Yale   –  6 –3 –0
Massachusetts State   –  2 –1 –1
Harvard   –  5 –3 –0
Penn State   –  5 –3 –0
Cornell   –  5 –4 –0
Villanova   –  4 –4 –0
Boston College   –  3 –4 –0
Brown   –  3 –4 –1
Colgate   –  3 –4 –1
Princeton   –  2 –3 –2
NYU   –  3 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –  3 –7 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –5 –0
Drexel   –  2 –5 –0
Dartmouth   –  1 –6 –1
Syracuse   –  1 –6 –0
Boston University   –  0 –5 –0
CCNY   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

On Friday October 26, Drexel played in its program's first night football game against West Chester.[1]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at West Virginia
L 0–42
October 13CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–71,600[2]
October 20HaverfordW 19–0
October 268:00 pmat West Chester
L 0–6
November 3Delaware
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–26
November 10at Johns Hopkins
L 13–26
November 172:00 pmLehighdagger
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–14

[3]

Roster
1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Dick Dowd (C)
HB Bill Smith
HB Geiger
FB Cullen
TE Scott
OT Desiderio
G Dick Yasky
C VanDoren
G Haines
OT George Lechler
TE Bahles
FB John Christie
TE Drummond Sr
[[American football positions|]] Art Kees
TE Johnny Liggins
FB Bob Heffner
C Handschumaker
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    References
    1. "Dragons Meet Wet Chester". Newspaper Archive. October 23, 1945. p. 14. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
    2. "Drexel beats C.C.N.Y., 19–7; Dowd races 57, 67 yards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 14, 1945. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. "Dragons Tackle Last Opponent Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle. November 16, 1945. p. 4. Retrieved January 31, 2018.


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