1945 Drexel Dragons football team

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

1945 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Dowd
  • John Christie
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
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

On Friday October 26, Drexel played in its program's first night football game against West Chester.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at West VirginiaL 0–42[2]
October 13CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–71,600[3]
October 20HaverfordW 19–0
October 268:00 pmat West Chester
L 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

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Roster

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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
[[American football positions|]] 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
  •   Redshirt

References

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  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.