1947 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1947 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach.

1947 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–8
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1947 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Penn State   –  9 –0 –1
No. 7 Penn   –  7 –0 –1
Muhlenberg   –  9 –1 –0
Buffalo   –  8 –1 –0
No. 20 Columbia   –  7 –2 –0
No. 11 Army   –  5 –2 –2
Yale   –  6 –3 –0
Villanova   –  6 –3 –1
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –  5 –3 –0
Princeton   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –3 –1
Boston College   –  5 –4 –0
Brown   –  4 –4 –1
Dartmouth   –  4 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –  4 –4 –2
Springfield   –  4 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –5 –0
Cornell   –  4 –5 –0
Syracuse   –  3 –6 –0
CCNY   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  2 –5 –1
Colgate   –  1 –5 –2
Temple   –  2 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –7 –0
Duquesne   –  2 –8 –0
Fordham   –  1 –6 –1
Merchant Marine   –  2 –9 –0
Pittsburgh   –  1 –8 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  0 –6 –0
Drexel   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 268:00 p.m.at West Chester
L 13–335,000[1][2]
October 4Ursinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6
October 112:00 p.m.Lehigh
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–75,000[3]
October 182:15 p.m.at Haverford
L 6–334,500
October 25Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–25
November 1at Johns HopkinsL 0–396,000
November 8at DickinsonL 13–25
November 15Swarthmoredagger
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 14–192,000

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Roster
1947 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
 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. "W. Chester Faces Drexel Tonight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1947. p. 35. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. "West Chester Routs Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1947. p. 14. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Lehigh Beats Drexel, 7-0, On Navarro's 72-Yard Run". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Dragons Drop 2 Openers" (PDF). The Triangle. October 10, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. "1947 Football Schedule". Widener Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  6. "1947 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.


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