1948 Drexel Dragons football team

1948 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Independent
1948 record 0–8
Head coach Ralph Chase,
Maury McMains
Assistant coach Herman Epstein
Assistant coach Bud Bossick
Assistant coach Otis Douglas (1st season)
Captain Charlie Pascale (1st year)
1948 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Notre Dame      9 0 1
Penn State      7 1 1
Drexel      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1948 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach for the first five games of the season, when Maury McMains took over head coaching duties in order to allow Chase to focus on coaching the basketball team.[1]

Schedule

[2]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 25 Gettysburg Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 0–28    
October 2 at Ursinus Collegeville, PA L 7–19    
October 9 at Lehigh L 0–45    
October 16 Haverforddagger Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 6–7    
October 23 at Pennsylvania Military College L 6–33    
October 30 Johns Hopkins Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 0–22    
November 6 Dickinson Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 12–14    
November 13 at Swarthmore L 13–33    
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1948 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT Charlie Pascale (C) Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "McMains Named Head Grid Coach" (PDF). The Triangle. 22 October 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "19 STRAIGHT" (PDF). The Triangle. 19 November 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 6 February 2018.


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