1956 Drexel Dragons football team

1956 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Independent
1956 record 5–3
Head coach Eddie Allen (7th season)
Assistant coach Jack Hinkle
Assistant coach Ev Gest
Captain Bill Zador (1st year)
Captain Vince Vidas (1st year)
Home stadium Drexel Field
1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Drexel      5 3 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1956 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Schedule

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 30 New Haven Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 19–28    
October 6 at Ursinus Collegeville, PA W 13–7    
October 13 West Chester Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 7–13    
October 20 Pennsylvania Military Collegedagger Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 44–21    
October 27 at Juniata Huntingdon, PA L 13–19    
November 3 Western Maryland Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 20–6    
November 10 at Lebanon Valley W 32–12    
November 17 Coast Guard New London, CT W 20–7    
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1956 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB, K Ron Kleppinger Sr
TE Iles Wauhop Sr
TE Art Barnes
OT Vince Vidas (C) Sr
OG Don Whitney
OG Ed Schmidt
C Jack Eidenberg
HB, P Frank Russo Sr
HB John Maloney Jr
HB Gambone
QB, K 19 Bill Zador (C) Sr
QB Dave Ritchie
[[American football positions|]] Dick Hughes Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "New Haven Stops Dragons" (PDF). The Triangle. 5 October 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 21 February 2018.


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