1963 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1963 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

1963 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	Southern College Division
Record	5–3 (3–2 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (3rd season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
No. 2 Delaware x	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Temple	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Lehigh	1	–	3	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Northern College Division
Upsala x	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Wagner	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Albright	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Juniata *	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna *	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Hofstra *	0	–	0	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Muhlenberg	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Dickinson	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Drexel	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Haverford	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	4	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 season was the first season the football team played at the new Drexel Field (later renamed Vitas Field), located at 43rd and Powelton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	1:30 p.m.	Coast Guard*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–3	3,000
October 5	1:30 p.m.	Lebanon Valley	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 30–6	3,300
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Lycoming	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 22–7	3,000
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Delaware Valley*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 43–15	3,000
October 26	2:00 p.m.	at Wilkes	Wilkes College Athletic Field Wilkes-Barre, PA	W 23–14	2,800
November 2	1:30 p.m.	at Pennsylvania Military	PMC Stadium Chester, PA	L 0–10	2,500
November 9	1:30 p.m.	King's*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 16–0	6,500
November 16	1:30 p.m.	at Western Maryland	Westminster, MD	L 6–7	2,000
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at Dickinson	(cancelled due to JFK assassination)	Cancelled
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1963 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 39 Bob Brennan Sr OT 64 Don Mankin Sr G 61 Chuck Niessner Jr C 53 Jules Bosch Sr G 63 Tony Giuliante So OT 49 Joel Gotchel Sr TE 40 Chuck Farrell So HB 24 John Schlichtig Sr HB 27 Rich Thatcher Jr FB, TE 32 Harry Purnell Sr QB 17 Fran Crovetti Jr TE 36 Hal Vang Jr TE 37 Hank Nowak So TE 41 Russ DeLuca So TE 38 Frank Gallo Sr TE 42 Larry Veit So TE 43 Phil Hall Sr TE 44 Irv Campbell So OT 47 Al Anderman Jr OT 54 Mike Higgins So OT 56 Nick Polivka So OT 57 Sante Camo So OT 62 Ted Passyn Sr OT 65 Ron Heckman So G 45 John Smith Sr G 48 George Guerra Jr G 51 Rich Cecchine So G 58 Bob Steel So G 59 Matt Kennedy So G 60 Bill Whitorff Jr C 50 Brud Shaw Sr C 52 Don Brown So C 53 Jules Bosch Sr C 55 Bob Muntz So HB 22 Ed Bogdan Jr HB 21 Carl Valentino So HB 23 Rich Sullivan So HB 25 Dave Leahy Jr HB 30 Skip Lombardi So HB 33 Ken Prescott So FB 31 Bruno Ceccarelli Jr FB 34 Harry Heinzl So FB 35 Tom McVeigh So QB 20 Tim Patterson Sr QB 19 Bob King Sr QB 18 Don Harmatuck Jr QB, P 16 Howie Guarini Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tom Grebis (Drexel) Coordinators/assistant coaches Don Shank (Penn State) Herman Epstein (Maryland) Joe Renaldi (McDaniel) Bill Magee (Villanova) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt