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1945 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Dowd
  • John Christie
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons← 19441946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 0 – 1
No. 20 Columbia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 3 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston University   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

1945 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Maury McMains.

On Friday October 26, Drexel played in its program's first night football game against West Chester.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at West VirginiaL 0–42
October 13CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–71,600
October 20HaverfordW 19–0
October 268:00 pmat West ChesterL 0–6
November 3Delaware
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–26
November 10at Johns HopkinsL 13–26
November 172:00 pmLehigh
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–14

Roster

1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Dick Dowd (C)
HB Bill Smith
HB Geiger
FB Cullen
TE Scott
OT Desiderio
G Dick Yasky
C VanDoren
G Haines
OT George Lechler
TE Bahles
FB John Christie
TE Drummond Sr
] Art Kees
TE Johnny Liggins
FB Bob Heffner
C Handschumaker
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

  1. "Dragons Meet Wet Chester". Newspaper Archive. October 23, 1945. p. 14. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. "Drexel crushed by W. Virginia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1945. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Drexel beats C.C.N.Y., 19–7; Dowd races 57, 67 yards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 14, 1945. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Dragons Tackle Last Opponent Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle. November 16, 1945. p. 4. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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