1941 Drexel Dragons football team

1941 Drexel Dragons football team was an American football team that represented Drexel Institute of Technology (later renamed Drexel University) as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their 15th and final season under head coach Walter Halas (brother of George Halas, the Dragons compiled a 4–2–1 record.

1941 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duquesne     8 0 0
Thiel     7 0 0
Saint Francis (PA)     6 0 1
No. 6 Fordham     8 1 0
Rochester     6 1 0
Trinity (CT)     6 1 0
Wagner     5 1 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 1 1
Penn State     7 2 0
Temple     7 2 0
Coast Guard     6 2 0
Norwich     6 2 0
Hofstra     5 2 0
Boston College     7 3 0
Syracuse     5 2 1
Bucknell     6 3 0
Drexel     4 2 1
Boston University     5 3 0
La Salle     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Army     5 3 1
CCNY     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Manhattan     4 4 1
Holy Cross     4 4 2
Colgate     3 3 2
Providence     3 3 2
Buffalo     3 4 1
Massachusetts State     3 4 1
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Vermont     2 6 0
NYU     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech     1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at RPITroy, NYL 0–21[1]
October 4Juniata Cancelled
October 11Buffalo
W 19–63,000[2]
October 18SwarthmorePhiladelphia, PA Postponed
October 25Ursinus 
  • Drexel field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–75,000[3]
November 1at Dickinson
T 0–01,000[4]
November 8Susquehanna
  • Drexel field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–83,000[5]
November 152:00 pmDelaware
  • Drexel field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–74,500[6]
November 22Swarthmore
  • Drexel field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–03,000[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Rensselaer Engineers Romp Over Halasmen" (PDF). The Triangle. October 11, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Stan Baumgartner (October 12, 1941). "Drexel Triumphs, 19-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Stan Baumgartner (October 26, 1941). "Drexel Beats Ursinus, 14-7, On Fourth-Quarter Drive". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Dragons Outplay Red Devil Rivals". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1941. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Edward J. Klein (November 9, 1941). "Drexel Defeats Susquehanna, 12-8". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Edward J. Klein (November 16, 1941). "Delaware Defeats Drexel on Grid 7-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Drexel Stops Swarthmore, 7-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 23, 1941. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "1941 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.