1894–95 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1894–95 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	John W. Gray (1st season)
Captain	Robert Woodward
Home arena	Main Building
Seasons1895–96 →

1894–95 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Drexel		–		–	7	–	2	.778
Temple		–		–	8	–	3	.727


Rankings from AP Poll

The 1894–95 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1894–95 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold, led by 1st year head coach John Gray, played their home games at Main Building. The 1894–95 team was the first at Drexel, and the 5th collegiate team to start up in the US. The first game of the season against Temple University was the first intercollegiate event ever played at the school.

Roster

1894–95 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Name	Height	Weight
Robert J. Woodward (C)	—	—
Green	—	—
Shoe	—	—
Price	—	—
Dunning	—	—
Bosbyshell	—	—
Gaskill	—	—
Randolph	—	—
Kempton	—	—
Merrick	—	—
Shick	—	—
Cummings	—	—
Waring	—	—
W.H. Gruel	—	—
Grogan	—	—
Gormon	—	—
Young	—	—

Head coach

John Gray

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 22, 1894 *	at Temple	W 26–1	1–0	–	–	–
December 1, 1894 *	Temple	W 13–0	?–0	–	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
December 14, 1894*	Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA	W 5–3	?–0	–	–	–
January 25, 1895 *	Central High School (PA)	W 1–0	?–0	1 – Shoe	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
February 9, 1895 *	at Central YMCA	W Forfeit		–	–	–	Central Gymnasium Philadelphia, PA
February 16, 1895*	at Wilmington YMCA	L 2–4	?–1	1 – Tied	–	–	Wilmington, DE
March 2, 1895*	at Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA	W 2–0	?–1	–	–	–
March 15, 1895 *	Wilmington YMCA	L 1–2	?–2	–	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
March 22, 1895 *	Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA	T 0–0	7–2–1	–	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
Unknown*	West Philadelphia YMCA Reserves	W	–	–	–	–
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

"Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
"Basket Ball League". newspapers.com. Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 26, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
"Game of Basket Ball". newspapers.com. Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 2, 1894. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
"Drexel Institute Wins". newspapers.com. Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
"The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 27, 1895 · Page 2". newspapers.com. Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 27, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
"FORFEITED TO DREXEL". newspapers.com. Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. February 10, 1895. p. 7. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
"Y.M.C.A. Victorious" (PDF). chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Gazette. February 21, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
"The Evening Journal from Wilmington, Delaware on March 16, 1895 · Page 1". newspapers.com. The Evening Journal. March 16, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
"Neither Side Scored". newspapers.com. Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 23, 1895. p. 9. Retrieved October 5, 2018.

v t e Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Venues	Main Building (1894–1928) Curtis Hall Gym (1928–1952) Palestra (1949–1951, 3 games; 1987–1988 alternate) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1969) 32nd Street Armory (1969–1975) Daskalakis Athletic Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Penn
Culture & lore	City 6 DAC Pack "Drexel Fight Song" Mario the Magnificent Philadelphia Big 5 Big 5 Classic Robert V. Geasey Trophy
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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