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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 Virginia
L 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 Hopkins
L 13–26
November 172:00 pmLehigh 
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–14

[4]

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.


 

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