1962 Drexel Dragons football team

1962 Drexel Dragons football
1962 Drexel Dragons football
MAC Southern College Division co-champion
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
	Southern College Division
Record	6–2 (5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (2nd season);
Home stadium	Drexel Field
	Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

The 1962 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University Division
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Temple	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Lafayette	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Muhlenberg	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Moravian	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Wagner	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Wilkes	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Upsala	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Albright	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Hofstra *	1	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Juniata *	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Drexel x	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	5	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Dickinson	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Haverford	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	8	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29		at Coast Guard*	Jones Field New London, CT	L 8–10	4,000
October 6		at Lebanon Valley	Annville, PA	W 34–12	2,500
October 13		at Lycoming	Williamsport, PA	W 17–14	4,000
October 20	1:30 pm	Wilkes	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–12	2,000
October 27		Pennsylvania Military	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 31–8	6,500
November 3		at Delaware Valley*	Doylestown, PA	W 13–0	500
November 10		Western Maryland	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–8	2,000
November 17		Dickinson	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 10–7	2,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

1962 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`40`	Frank Gallo
TE	`48`	Harry Purnell
TE	`46`	Doug Cranage
OT	`77`	Don Mankin
OT	`41`	Joel Gotchel
OT	`88`	Norm Shotwell
G	`44`	Paul Eichhorn	Sr
G	`17`	John Smith
G	`30`	Bill Whitorff
G	`49`	Chuck Niessner
C	`99`	Jules Bosch
C		Brud Shaw
HB	`29`	Joe Buffalo	Sr
HB	`27`	Al Wagner	Sr
HB	`24`	Bob Laux	Sr
HB	`22`	Ed Bogdan
HB	`25`	Dave Leahy
FB	`31`	Bruno Ceccarelli
FB	`33`	Larry Browne	Sr
QB	`12`	Fran Crovetti
QB, P	`19`	Gene Bishop	Sr
QB		George Carter
QB	`10`	Tim Patterson
QB	`11`	Bob King
QB	`18`	Don Harmatuck
	`14`	John Schlichtig
	`15`	Andy Pekala
	`16`	Rich Thatcher
	`23`	George Guerra
	`26`	Dave Ferrier
	`28`	Bob Brennan
	`32`	Joe Reeder
	`35`	Hal Vang
	`38`	Fred Fenster
	`42`	Tim DiFiore
	`43`	George Betz
	`45`	Ted Passyn
	`47`	Al Anderman