1961 Drexel Dragons football team

1961 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
Division College–Southern
1961 record 2–5–1 (1–5–1 MAC)
Head coach Tom Grebis (1st season)
Assistant coach Don Shank (3rd season)
Home stadium Drexel Field
1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
University
No. 15 Rutgers x 4 0 0  9 0 0
Bucknell 5 2 0  6 3 0
Delaware 3 2 0  4 4 0
No. 5 Lehigh 3 2 0  7 2 0
Gettysburg 2 2 1  3 5 1
Temple 1 2 2  2 5 2
Lafayette 1 5 1  2 6 1
Muhlenberg 0 4 0  2 7 0
College–Northern
Susquehanna x 6 0 0  8 0 1
Albright 4 0 1  7 0 1
Moravian 4 1 1  4 3 1
Wagner 4 2 0  6 3 0
Lycoming 1 3 1  1 6 1
Wilkes 1 6 0  1 6 0
Hofstra* 2 0 0  7 2 0
Juniata* 1 2 0  3 4 0
Upsala* 0 4 0  0 7 0
College–Southern
Lebanon Valley x 5 1 0  6 1 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0  5 2 0
Western Maryland 4 2 0  7 2 0
Dickinson 5 3 0  5 3 0
Pennsylvania Military College 5 3 0  6 3 0
Johns Hopkins 2 3 1  3 4 1
Ursinus 2 5 0  2 5 0
Drexel 1 5 1  2 5 1
Haverford 0 6 1  0 6 1
Franklin & Marshall* 0 3 0  1 7 0
West Chester* 0 0 0  7 2 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1961 college football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

Schedule

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 30 Lebanon Valley Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 6–17   2,500
October 8:00 pm at Albright Albright Stadium • L 6–47   5,000
October 14 Lycoming Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA T 6–6   2,500
October at Pennsylvania Military College W 9–2   1,500
October Juniata Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 7–17   5,000
November Howard* Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 13–9   2,000
November at Western Maryland L 0–18   2,500
November at Dickinson L 8–27   2,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1961 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Frank Gallo
HB Joe Buffalo Jr
HB Al Wagner Jr
QB Tony DiGiovacchino
QB George Carter
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "College Football Scores". Aiken, SC: Aiken Standard And Review. 13 November 1961. p. 6. Retrieved 22 March 2018.


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