1893 Drexel Dragons football team

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1893 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1893 record3–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainStuart Heist (1st year)
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   12 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   10 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 0 – 2
Penn   –   12 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   4 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carlisle   –   2 – 1 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 1 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   7 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 2 – 1
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 1
Worcester Tech   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 9 – 1
Western Penn   –   1 – 4 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 9 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   0 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 4 – 0
Maine   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1893 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1893 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
November 7[1]at Hamilton SchoolW 8–0
November 18Mt. Zion InstituteW 4–0
November 25[2]Rugby AcademyW Forfeit
November 30[3]10:30 pmBank Clerks' Association
L 6–12
December 2[4]Northeast Manual Training SchoolL Forfeit
December 9Central High School Cancelled

Roster[]

1893 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE Jones
OT Shaffer
OG Ryder
C, QB Stuart Heist (C)
OG Colfesh
OT Reeves
TE Lewis
QB Merrick
HB Dessinger
HB Brown
FB Howell
TE Anderson
OT N.D. Holbrook
OG Krips
C O.F. Knight
OG H.W. Lewis
OT Gruel
TE F.D. Lewis
HB H.L. Cattanach
HB Galbraith
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • No coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 17 October 2018

References[]

  1. ^ "GENERAL SPORTING NOTES". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 8 November 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Rugby Forfeits to Drexel". newspapers.com. The Times. 26 November 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Quite a controversy then Drexel Institute Protests a Game". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 December 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Drexel Defauts to Manual". newspapers.com. The Times. 3 December 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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