1962 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1962 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

1962 Drexel Dragons football
MAC College–Southern Division co-champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
1962 record6–2 (5–1 MAC)
Head coachTom Grebis (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Don Shank (4th season)
  • Herman Epstein (2nd season)
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
University
Delaware x 5 0 0  7 2 0
Bucknell 5 1 0  6 3 0
Lehigh 2 2 0  3 6 0
Temple 2 3 0  3 6 0
Lafayette 2 4 0  3 5 0
Gettysburg 2 4 0  2 6 0
Muhlenberg 0 4 0  2 7 0
College–Northern
Susquehanna x 5 0 0  9 0 0
Moravian 4 2 0  5 3 0
Wagner 3 3 0  4 4 1
Wilkes 3 4 0  3 4 0
Albright 2 3 0  3 5 0
Upsala 2 3 0  ? ? ?
Lycoming 1 4 0  4 4 0
Hofstra* 1 0 0  8 2 0
Juniata* 2 1 0  6 2 0
College–Southern
Western Maryland x 5 1 0  8 1 0
Drexel x 5 1 0  6 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0  5 2 0
Lebanon Valley 4 2 0  5 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 5 4 0  5 5 0
Dickinson 3 5 0  3 5 0
Johns Hopkins 2 4 0  2 6 0
Ursinus 2 5 0  2 5 0
Haverford 1 5 0  1 6 0
Franklin & Marshall 0 5 0  0 8 0
West Chester* 0 0 0  7 2 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 29at Coast Guard*
L 8–104,000
October 6at Lebanon ValleyW 34–122,500
October 13at LycomingW 17–144,000
October 201:30 pmWilkes
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–122,000
October 27Pennsylvania Military College
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 31–86,500
November 3at Delaware Valley*W 13–0500
November 10Western Maryland
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–82,000
November 17Dickinson
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 10–72,500

Roster

1962 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 40 Frank Gallo
TE 48 Harry Purnell
TE 46 Doug Cranage
OT 77 Don Mankin
OT 41 Joel Gotchel
OT 88 Norm Shotwell
OG 44 Paul Eichhorn Sr
OG 17 John Smith
OG 30 Bill Whitorff
OG 49 Chuck Niessner
C 99 Jules Bosch
C Brud Shaw
HB 29 Joe Buffalo Sr
HB 27 Al Wagner Sr
HB 24 Bob Laux Sr
HB 22 Ed Bogdan
HB 25 Dave Leahy
FB 31 Bruno Ceccarelli
FB 33 Larry Browne Sr
QB 12 Fran Crovetti
QB, P 19 Gene Bishop Sr
QB George Carter
QB 10 Tim Patterson
QB 11 Bob King
QB 18 Don Harmatuck
  14 John Schlichtig
  15 Andy Pekala
  16 Rich Thatcher
  23 George Guerra
  26 Dave Ferrier
  28 Bob Brennan
  32 Joe Reeder
  35 Hal Vang
  38 Fred Fenster
  42 Tim DiFiore
  43 George Betz
  45 Ted Passyn
  47 Al Anderman
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 Tie For MAC Crown" (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: The Triangle. 30 November 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 26 March 2018.


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