1955 Drexel Dragons football team

1955 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Independent
1955 record 8–0
Head coach Eddie Allen (6th season)
Assistant coach Jack Hinkle
Assistant coach Bob Glazier
Captain Ev Gest (1st year)
Captain Art Del Campo (1st year)
Home stadium Drexel Field
1955 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Drexel      8 0 0
Southern Miss      9 1 0
No. 9 Notre Dame      8 2 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1955 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach. The team became the first undefeated football team at the school that had a full schedule of collegiate opponents.[1][2] Left guard Vince Vidas was awarded first string on the 1955 Little All-American team.

Schedule

[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 30 Night at West Chester Wayne Field • West Chester, PA W 7–0    
October 8 Afternoon Ursinus Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 20–13    
October 15 Franklin & Marshall Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 23–6    
October 22 Afternoon at Lycoming Williamsport, PA W 33–14    
October 29 2:00 pm Johns Hopkinsdagger Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 34–13   6,500
November 5 Afternoon at Western Maryland Hoffa Field • Westminster, MD W 34–13    
November 12 Coast Guard Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 27–7    
November 19 at Pennsylvania Military College Chester, PA W 20–6   5,000
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1955 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE, K 24 Ron Kleppinger Jr
OT Vince Vidas Jr
OG Bob Miller Sr
C, LB 22 Ev Gest (C) Sr
OG 33 Jack Eidenberg
OT Ed Pietrzak Sr
TE 28 Will Malone Sr
HB 11 Art Del Campo (C) Sr
HB, P Frank Russo
FB 36 George Piper Sr
QB, K 19 Bill Zador Jr
RB 14 Tony Spadaccini Jr
TE Lou Cobano
TE 21 Iles Wauhop Jr
TE Dave Smith So
OG Gordon MacShane Sr
FB 18 Kenny Pastor Sr
HB John Maloney So
[[American football positions|]] Art Barnes
QB Ed Kolongowski
HB/FB Herman Ringler Sr
[[American football positions|]] Frank Rapprich Sr
[[American football positions|]] D. Hughes
[[American football positions|]] K. Lysle
[[American football positions|]] S. Goldberg
[[American football positions|]] H. Tempest
[[American football positions|]] R. Paranich
[[American football positions|]] W. Winterbottom
[[American football positions|]] F. Costantini
[[American football positions|]] D. Medoff
[[American football positions|]] H. Schmidt
[[American football positions|]] R. Carson
[[American football positions|]] D. Wagoner
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "Victory Celebration Blasts Roof Off In Climax of Perfect Grid Season" (PDF). The Triangle. 2 December 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. "VICTORY IS OUR CRY!" (PDF). The Triangle. 2 December 1955. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "Dragons Set for Good Year; Meet W. Chester in Opener" (PDF). The Triangle. 19 September 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 21 February 2018.


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