1945 Drexel Dragons football team

1945 NCAA independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

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

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
October 6		at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	L 0–42
October 13		CCNY	Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 19–7	1,600
October 20		Haverford		W 19–0
October 26	8:00 pm	at West Chester	Wayne Field • West Chester, PA	L 0–6
November 3		Delaware	Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 12–26
November 10		at Johns Hopkins	Homewood Field • Baltimore, MD	L 13–26
November 17	2:00 pm	Lehigh	Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 9–14
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
QB	Dick Dowd (C)
HB	Bill Smith
HB	Geiger
FB	Cullen
TE	Scott
OT	Desiderio
OG	Dick Yasky
C	VanDoren
OG	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.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

↑ "Dragons Meet Wet Chester". Newspaper Archive. 23 October 1945. p. 14. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
↑ "Dragons Tackle Last Opponent Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle. 16 November 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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Drexel Dragons football
Venues	West Philadelphia YMCA (1896–?) Drexel Field (46th and Haverford Ave) (Until 1962) Vidas Field (1963–1973)
Culture & lore	City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

1945 NCAA independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Drexel		–		2	–	5	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll