1949 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1949 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology–now known as Drexel University—as an independent during the 1949 college football season. Led by Otis Douglas in his first and only season as head coach, the Dragons compiled a record of 3–3–1.

1949 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–3–1
Head coach	Otis Douglas (1st season)
Captain	Charlie Pascale
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1949 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Vincent			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova			–					8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	5	–	2
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	Ursinus	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0
October 8	at Gettysburg	Memorial Stadium Gettysburg, PA	L 0–21
October 15	Haverford	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 46–0
October 22	Pennsylvania Military	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	T 12–12
October 29	Washington College	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–18
November 5	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 0–27
November 12	Swarthmore	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24–21
Homecoming

Roster

1949 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 8 Augie Scalzo OT 34 Charlie Pascale (C) Sr G 3 George Ream C 25 Bob Stewart G 22 Tommy Price OT Bill Huster TE 27 Dick Spahr QB 16 Bobby Brown HB 1 Lew Gerlach HB 6 Joe Bigatel FB 7 Matt Pasztalaniec TE 5 Zak Zakarian TE Pop Quinlan TE Fred Yahrling TE Walt Scott TE 37 Dick Henry TE O.G. Jones TE Fred Haid OT Kim Billings OT 40 Bob Kravitz G 15 Ernie Rodgers C 13 Wolf Wolfinger C 36 Dick Yasky C Dick VanDoren C 31 Carl Bauer HB 9 Hank Vaders HB 19 Dave Donovan HB 18 Clem Clemens HB 21 George Rusetski HB Josh Stazak HB 14 George Stozenski HB Donald Young HB 17 Art Fischer HB 20 Joe Pietrocarlo HB Andy Bredbenner HB 11 Tom Kolongowski HB 2 Howard Smith	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Otis Douglas (William & Mary) Coordinators/assistant coaches Bill Ferrell Herman Epstein (Maryland) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: February 16, 2018