1963 Drexel Dragons football team

1963 Drexel Dragons football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
Division College–Southern
1963 record 5–3 (3–2 MAC)
Head coach Tom Grebis (3rd season)
Assistant coach Don Shank (5th season)
Assistant coach Herman Epstein
Home stadium Drexel Field
1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
University
No. 2 Delaware x 4 –0 –0  8 –0 –0
Bucknell 3 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
Gettysburg 2 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Temple 1 –2 –0  5 –3 –1
Lehigh 1 –3 –0  1 –8 –0
Lafayette 1 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
College–Northern
Upsala x 4 –1 –0  6 –2 –0
Wagner 4 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
Albright 2 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
Moravian 2 –4 –0  2 –4 –0
Wilkes 2 –5 –0  3 –5 –0
Lycoming 1 –5 –0  1 –7 –0
Juniata* 3 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Susquehanna* 2 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Hofstra* 0 –0 –0  3 –6 –0
College–Southern
Western Maryland x 4 –0 –0  6 –1 –1
Muhlenberg 4 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Dickinson 5 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Swarthmore 4 –2 –0  4 –3 –0
Drexel 3 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Lebanon Valley 4 –3 –0  4 –3 –0
Pennsylvania Military College 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Ursinus 2 –4 –1  2 –4 –1
Haverford 2 –4 –0  2 –5 –0
Franklin & Marshall 1 –4 –0  1 –6 –0
Johns Hopkins 0 –4 –1  0 –6 –1
West Chester* 0 –0 –0  7 –1 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 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 1963 college football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

The 1963 season was the first season the football team played at the new Drexel Field (later renamed Vitas Field), located at 43rd and Powelton in Philadelphia, PA.

Schedule

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
Coast Guard* Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA L 0–3   3,000
October 5 1:30 pm Lebanon Valley Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 30–6   3,300
October 12 1:30 pm Lycoming Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 22–7   3,000
October 19 1:30 pm Delaware Valley* Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 43–15   3,000
October 26 2:00 pm at Wilkes Wilkes College Athletic Field • Wilkes-Barre, PA W 23–14   2,800
November 2 1:30 pm at Pennsylvania Military College PMC Stadium • Chester, PA L 0–10   2,500
November 9 King's*dagger Drexel Field • Philadelphia, PA W 16–0   6,500
November 16 1:30 pm at Western Maryland L 6–7   2,000
November 23 1:30 pm at Dickinson (Cancelled due to JFK assassination)  Cancelled    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1963 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 39 Bob Brennan
OT 64 Don Mankin
OG 61 Chuck Niessner
C 53 Jules Bosch
OG 63 Giuliante
OT 49 Joel Gotchel
TE 40 Chuck Farrell
HB 24 John Schlichtig
HB 27 Rich Thatcher
FB 32 Harry Purnell
QB 17 Fran Crovetti
TE 36 Hal Vang
TE 37 Nowak
TE 41 DeLuca
TE 38 Frank Gallo
TE 42 Veit
TE 43 Hall
TE 44 Campbell
OT 47 Al Anderman
OT 54 Higgins
OT 56 Polivka
OT 57 Camo
OT 62 Ted Passyn
OT 65 Heckman
OG 45 John Smith
OG 48 George Guerra
OG 51 Cecchine
OG 58 Steel
OG 59 Kennedy
OG 60 Bill Whitorff
C 50 Brud Shaw
C 52 Brown
C 53 Bosch
C 55 Muntz
HB 22 Ed Bogdan
HB 21 Valentino
HB 23 Sullivan
HB 25 Dave Leahy
HB 30 Lombardi
HB 33 Prescott
FB 31 Bruno Ceccarelli
FB 34 Heinzl
FB 35 McVeigh
QB 20 Tim Patterson
QB 19 Bob King
QB 18 Don Harmatuck
QB, P 16 Howie Guarini
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "Dragons Sunk By Coast Guard, Face Lebanon Valley Tomorrow" (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: The Triangle. 4 October 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2018.


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