1929 Drexel Dragons football team

1929 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1929 college football season. Led by Walter Halas in his third season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 6–3–1.

1929 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainLeo Redmond
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Pittsburgh     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Fordham     7 0 2
Bucknell     8 2 0
No. 11 Penn     7 2 0
Boston College     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Cornell     6 2 0
Tufts     5 1 2
Harvard     5 2 1
Yale     5 2 1
NYU     7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 2 2
Drexel     6 3 1
Temple     6 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Army     6 4 1
Providence     3 3 2
Brown     5 5 0
Columbia     4 5 0
CCNY     2 4 2
Princeton     2 4 1
Boston University     3 6 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21West ChesterPhiladelphia, PAL 0–12
September 28at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAL 8–14[1]
October 5St. John'sPhiladelphia, PAL 7–12
October 12at JuniataHuntingdon, PAW 19–0
October 19CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–4[2]
October 262:00 pmat SusquehannaSelinsgrove, PAW 13–0
November 2Washington CollegePhiladelphia, PAW 7–0
November 9at DelawareW 21–6
November 16Haverford
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–0
November 23at Saint Joseph'sPhiladelphia, PAT 0–07,500

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Roster

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1929 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
[[American football positions|]] Grow
[[American football positions|]] Sax
[[American football positions|]] Redinger
[[American football positions|]] Holt
[[American football positions|]] Revak
[[American football positions|]] Guggenheim
[[American football positions|]] Kirshner
[[American football positions|]] Rumora
[[American football positions|]] Potter
[[American football positions|]] Kearns
[[American football positions|]] Perry
[[American football positions|]] Barr
[[American football positions|]] McFayden
[[American football positions|]] Heckman
HB Leo Redmond   (C)
[[American football positions|]] LaBove
[[American football positions|]] Cardoni
[[American football positions|]] Hughes
[[American football positions|]] Crowthers
[[American football positions|]] Snyder
[[American football positions|]] Markle
[[American football positions|]] Gabriel
[[American football positions|]] Perrepatto
[[American football positions|]] Marsh
[[American football positions|]] Scatchard
[[American football positions|]] Grace
[[American football positions|]] Keller
[[American football positions|]] Heist
[[American football positions|]] Pitman
[[American football positions|]] Baggerman
[[American football positions|]] D. Redmond
[[American football positions|]] Miller
[[American football positions|]] Lentz
[[American football positions|]] Wright
[[American football positions|]] Kelly
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Repscha
  • Kirkpatrick

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

References

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  1. ^ "1929 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Drexel brushes C.C.N.Y. gridders from path in hard fought battle, 12–4". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1929. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Grad Manager Stevens Announces Football Schedule for 1929" (PDF). The Triangle. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 12, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 4, 2018.