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1895 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons← 18941896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   14 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 2
Army   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   8 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   6 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 6 – 1
Carlisle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 4 – 2
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   1 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1895 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 19at Bordentown Military InstituteBordentown, NJW 12–0
October 20Media High School Unknown
Octoberat MainheimL 10–12
October 30Friends' Central SchoolYMCAW 10–0
November 9at Media Shortlidge AcademyMedia, PAT 4–4
November 13at Chester High SchoolChester, PAL 4–16
November 15Chester High School
  • YMCA
  • Philadelphia, PA
W Forfeit
November 18at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and DumbMount Airy, Philadelphia Unknown
November 22Central High SchoolL 2–18

Roster

1896 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
] William Storm
] Clarence Williams
] James Newkirk
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • No coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. Smith, Mel. "American Intercollegiate Football (Gridiron) Standings Colleges 1882/83-1886/87" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. Pollak, Mark (November 16, 2018). "The Playing Grounds of College Football: A Comprehensive Directory, 1869 to Today". McFarland. p. 119.
  3. Smith, Mel. "USA College Gridiron 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
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