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1951 Drexel Dragons football team

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1951 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom Stazak
  • Kim Billings
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell     9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton     9 0 0
Susquehanna     6 0 0
Trenton State     6 0 0
Northeastern     6 0 1
No. 19 Holy Cross     8 2 0
Carnegie Tech     6 2 0
Hofstra     6 2 1
Cornell     6 3 0
No. 16 Boston University     6 4 0
Temple     6 4 0
Columbia     5 3 0
Villanova     5 3 0
Fordham     5 4 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 4 0
Penn     5 4 0
Penn State     5 4 0
Syracuse     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
Colgate     4 5 0
Dartmouth     4 5 0
Drexel     3 4 0
Harvard     3 5 1
Boston College     3 6 0
Yale     2 5 2
Pittsburgh     3 7 0
Geneva     2 5 0
Army     2 7 0
Brown     2 7 0
NYU     1 7 0
Tufts     0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Ursinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–13[1][2]
October 6GettysburgGettysburg, PAL 0–213,500[2][3]
October 20at Pennsylvania Military
W 16–0[4]
October 27Dickinson
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 8–13[5]
November 3at Western Maryland
L 0–6[6]
November 101:30 pmSwarthmoredagger
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 35–6[7]
November 171:30 pmat West Chester
L 0–13[8]

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Roster

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1951 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE Fred Haid
OT Evan Adams
G 32 Carl Bauer
C 18 Frank Fogarty
G Tom Grindler
OT 43 Kim Billings (C)
TE 27 Dick Spahr
HB Archie Gross Jr
HB 15 Joe Bigatel
FB 29 Art Fischer
QB Gene Hug
TE 13 Tommy Lawler
TE Asa Colson
OT Dick Bjorklund
G 45 Dick Yasky
G, DE Fred Ulmer
C Ted Rubin
C Paul Von Zech
G Jim Hart
G Ted Pettros
OT Bob Duffield
OT Chmielewski
TE 31 Leo Hayes So
TE Paul Reibrick
HB Mike Di Venanzio
HB 19 Hank Vaders
HB Tom Grebis So
HB Joe Haenn
FB Tom Kolongowski
FB John Dooney
FB 38 Tom Stazak (C)
QB Auggie Campiglia
QB George Meyers Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

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  1. ^ "Drexel Tech scores 14–13 win over Ursinus". The Morning Call. September 30, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Allenmen split first two" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. October 12, 1951. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bullets top Drexel, 21 to 0". Sunday News. October 7, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Drexel Tech rolls over PMC in 5th of series, 16–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Dickinson rally beats Drexel, 13–8". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Western Maryland nips Drexel, 6–0". Cumberland Sunday Times. November 4, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Drexel beats Swarthmore, 35–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "West Chester beats Drexel on 2 Hersh tallies, 13–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 18, 1951. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.