1898 Drexel Dragons football team

American college football season

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1898 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–0
Head coach	D. Leroy Reeves (1st season)
Captain	Charles Carson
Home stadium	West Philadelphia YMCA
Seasons← 1897 1899 →

1898 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Harvard		–		11	–	0	–	0
Drexel		–		7	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		11	–	0	–	1
Penn		–		12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo		–		8	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		10	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore		–		9	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		9	–	2	–	0
Yale		–		9	–	2	–	0
Dickinson		–		8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan		–		7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.		–		5	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle		–		6	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College		–		6	–	4	–	1
Army		–		3	–	2	–	1
Vermont		–		3	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross		–		5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell		–		4	–	4	–	3
Fordham		–		1	–	1	–	2
Frankin & Marshall		–		4	–	4	–	2
New Hampshire		–		4	–	4	–	0
Amherst		–		4	–	5	–	1
Villanova		–		2	–	4	–	1
Lehigh		–		3	–	6	–	1
Boston College		–		2	–	5	–	1
Colgate		–		2	–	5	–	1
Temple		–		2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette		–		3	–	8	–	0
NYU		–		1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		1	–	6	–	1
Tufts		–		1	–	9	–	0
Geneva		–		0	–	6	–	1

The 1898 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by D. Leroy Reeves. The team went undefeated, and allowed 0 points against the entire season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5		at Cheltenham High School	Ashmead Village, PA	W 59–0
October 13		at Wilmington High School (DE)	Warren Athletic Club Wilmington, DE	W 6–0
November 1		at Northeast Manual Training School	Belmont	W 33–0
November 3	Morning	at South Jersey Institute	Bridgeton, NJ	W 24–0
November 3	2:00 pm	at West Jersey Academy	Bridgeton, NJ	W 17–0
November 8		Central Manual Training School	West Philadelphia YMCA Philadelphia, PA	W 15–0
November 18		Roman Catholic High School		Cancelled (Rain)
November 22	3:30 pm	at Ursinus B Team	Collegeville, PA	W 16–0
All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1898 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
TE	Bishop
OT	Edwin Potts	So
G	Fosh
C	Coates
RG	Hilliard
OT	Brown
TE	Stoll
QB	Charles Carson (C)	So
HB	Schofield	So
HB	Whitner
FB	Bailey

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

D. Leroy Reeves (Lafayette)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12 February 2018

References

Smith, Mel. "USA COLLEGE GRIDIRON 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.

v t e Drexel Dragons football
Venues	West Philadelphia YMCA (1896–?) Drexel Field (?–1962) Vidas Field (1963–1973)
Culture & lore	City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

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