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1942 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons← 19411944 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

1942 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Albert H. Repscha.

Drexel was ranked at No. 355 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3DelawareL 0–40
October 10Juniata
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–13
October 17at HaverfordL 0–18
October 24Lebanon Valley
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–19
October 31at GettysburgGettysburg, PAL 0–18
November 7at UrsinusCollegeville, PAL 13–19
November 14Susquehanna
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–0
November 21Johns Hopkins
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 29–6

Roster

1942 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Dick Dowd
FB John Christie
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • Albert H. Repscha (Maine)
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Blue Hens Down Dragons" (PDF). The Triangle. October 9, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
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