1956 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1956 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach. Left guard Vince Vidas was awarded first string on the Little All-America college football team for the second consecutive year.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	New Haven	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 19–28
October 6	at Ursinus	Collegeville, PA	W 13–7
October 13	West Chester	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–13
October 20	Pennsylvania Military	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 44–21
October 27	at Juniata	Huntingdon, PA	L 13–19
November 3	Western Maryland	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6
November 10	at Lebanon Valley	Lebanon High School Stadium Annville, PA	W 32–12
November 17	Coast Guard	New London, CT	W 20–7
Homecoming

1956 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB, K		Ron Kleppinger	Sr
TE		Iles Wauhop	Sr
TE		Art Barnes
OT		Vince Vidas (C)	Sr
OG		Don Whitney
OG		Ed Schmidt
C		Jack Eidenberg
HB, P		Frank Russo	Sr
HB		John Maloney	Jr
HB		Gambone
QB, K	`19`	Bill Zador (C)	Sr
QB		Dave Ritchie
[[American football positions\|]]		Dick Hughes	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "New Haven Stops Dragons" (PDF). The Triangle. October 5, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "1956 Football Schedule". Widener Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

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Venues	West Philadelphia YMCA (1896–?) Drexel Field (46th and Haverford Ave) (?–1962) Vidas Field (1963–1973)
Culture & lore	City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Northern Michigan		–		7	–	0	–	1
Carthage		–		8	–	2	–	0
Tampa		–		7	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly San Dimas		–		6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern		–		7	–	2	–	1
Wabash		–		6	–	2	–	1
Hawaii		–		7	–	3	–	0
Hofstra		–		7	–	3	–	0
Xavier		–		7	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	2	–	1
Louisville		–		6	–	3	–	0
Pepperdine		–		6	–	3	–	0
Washington University		–		6	–	3	–	0
La Verne		–		6	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		5	–	3	–	0
Drexel		–		5	–	3	–	0
Long Beach State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Delaware		–		5	–	3	–	1
Memphis State		–		5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		5	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace		–		4	–	5	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		3	–	4	–	1
Rose Poly		–		3	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		2	–	5	–	2
Sewanee		–		1	–	6	–	1
UC Riverside		–		1	–	6	–	0