1894 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1894 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

1894 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1894 record1–2–1
Head coachNone
CaptainN. D. Holbrook (1st year)
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      16 0 0
Penn      12 0 0
Villanova      1 0 0
Penn State      6 0 1
Harvard      11 2 0
Geneva      5 1 0
Princeton      8 2 0
Temple      4 1 0
Duquesne      7 2 1
Brown      10 5 0
Colgate      2 1 1
Cornell      6 4 1
Frankin & Marshall      6 4 0
Syracuse      6 5 0
Army      3 2 0
Amherst      7 5 0
Trinity (CT)      4 3 0
Tufts      6 5 0
Boston College      3 3 0
Massachusetts      3 3 0
Western Univ. Penn      1 1 0
Lafayette      5 6 0
New Hampshire      2 3 0
Lehigh      5 9 0
Drexel      1 2 1
Williams      1 3 0
MIT      1 4 0
Carlisle      1 8 0
NYU      0 3 0
Wesleyan      0 5 0

In the team's first game against Hamilton School, Knight, playing at fullback, suffered a fractured skull which killed him.[1] This is the earliest recorded death due to an injury suffered in an American football game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 20[2]at Hamilton School
W 4–0
October 27[3]Linden (Merchantville, NJ)L 0–5
November 3[4]at Media AcademyMedia, PAL 0–6
November 24[5]at Bank Clerks' Association
  • A.C.S.N.
  • Wayne Junction, PA
T 0–0

Roster

1894 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Merrick
OT Wetherill
OG McQueen
C Kempton
OG, FB Stuart Heist
OT Newberry
TE N.D. Holbrook (C)
QB Storm
HB Shinn
HB Glover
FB O.F. Knight 
TE Kerner
TE Neats
OT Bruner
OG, OT Waring
HB Reeves
FB Chapin
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
  • No coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster
Last update: 17 October 2018

References

  1. "Probably Fatal Football Game". newspapers.com. Carlisle Evening Herald. 22 October 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. "Drexel Institute and Hamilton". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 21 October 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. "Drexel Institute Played Well". newspapers.com. The Times. 28 October 1894. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. "Media and Drexel". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. 4 November 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. "Bank Clerks 6; Drexel 0". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 25 November 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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