1946 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1946 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach.

On October 26, Drexel played at Delaware in the last game to be played at Frazer Field.^[1]

On November 9, Drexel was scheduled to play against Dickinson, however Dickinson was unable to play because a bus which had all of the team's equipment was erroneously sent to Pittsburgh.^[2] The error was discovered by the Dickinson football manager after the bus had left, and the bus was not flagged down until it had already reached Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. By that time, the bus would be unable to reach Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the game was to be played, in time. As a crowd of 2,000 fans awaited the game, Drexel attempted to outfit the Dickinson team with their spare equipment, however was unable to do so due to a lack of pads. The game was canceled by mutual agreement.^[3]

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Night	at West Chester		Wayne Field • West Chester, PA	L 0–12
October 5	2:00 pm	Ursinus		Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 18–6	4,000
October 12	2:00 pm	at CCNY		Lewisohn Stadium • New York, NY	W 19–0	1,000
October 19	2:00 pm	Haverford		Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 33–20
October 26		at Delaware		Frazer Field • Newark, DE	L 0–52
November 2	2:00 pm	Johns Hopkins		Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7	2,000
November 9	2:00 pm	Dickinson		Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA	Canceled	2,000
November 16		at Swarthmore			L 6–12	2,000
Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

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