1895 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1895 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1895 college football season.[1] The team did not have a head coach.

1895 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
 1894
1896 
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1400
Yale  1302
Princeton  1011
Washington & Jefferson  611
Harvard  821
Lafayette  620
Syracuse  622
Army  520
Bucknell  520
Colgate  420
Swarthmore  741
Tufts  850
Villanova  420
Wesleyan  630
Amherst  650
Brown  761
Carlisle  440
Drexel  331
Rhode Island  110
Penn State  223
Cornell  341
Rutgers  340
New Hampshire  231
Franklin & Marshall  351
Boston College  242
Lehigh  360
CCNY  251
Buffalo  142
Temple  141
MIT  140
Trinity (CT)  140
Massachusetts  150
Western Univ. Penn.  160
Geneva  050
NYU  050

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 19at Bordentown Military InstituteBordentown, NJW 12–0
October 20Media High School Unknown
Octoberat MainheimL 10–12
October 30Friends' Central SchoolYMCAW 10–0
November 9at Media Shortlidge AcademyMedia, PAT 4–4
November 13at Chester High SchoolChester, PAL 4–16
November 15Chester High School
  • YMCA
  • Philadelphia, PA
W Forfeit
November 18at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and DumbMount Airy, Philadelphia Unknown
November 22Central High SchoolL 2–18[2]

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Roster

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1896 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
[[American football positions|]] William Storm
[[American football positions|]] Clarence Williams
[[American football positions|]] James Newkirk
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
  • No coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

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  1. Smith, Mel. "American Intercollegiate Football (Gridiron) Standings Colleges 1882/83-1886/87" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. Pollak, Mark (November 16, 2018). The Playing Grounds of College Football: A Comprehensive Directory, 1869 to Today. McFarland. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4766-3260-5.
  3. Smith, Mel. "USA College Gridiron 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.