1957 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1957 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28		New Haven	Bowen Memorial Field New Haven, CT	L 2–33
October 5		Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–47
October 12		Ursinus	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–12
October 18	8:00 pm	at West Chester	West Chester, PA	L 0–39
October 26		at Pennsylvania Military College	Chester, PA	L 6–26
November 2		Lebanon Valley	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–20	6,000
November 9		at Western Maryland	Westminster, MD	L 0–25
November 16		Coast Guard	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 6–0
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

1957 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE		Art Barnes	Sr
C	`33`	Jack Eidenberg (C)	Sr
HB	`14`	Tony Spadaccini	Sr
HB	`18`	Al Rosenstein
FB		Mike Piernock (I)
QB	`19`	Tom O'Connor
QB		Ed Kolongowski
OG, LB		Ed Schmidt
[[American football positions\|]]		Ken Suter
[[American football positions\|]]		Walt Hunter
[[American football positions\|]]	`28`	John Lesniewski
[[American football positions\|]]		Hank Gritz
[[American football positions\|]]		Frank Garofolo
[[American football positions\|]]		Don Whitney
[[American football positions\|]]		Howie Bates
[[American football positions\|]]		Frank Bell
[[American football positions\|]]		Dick Medoff	Sr
[[American football positions\|]]		Dick Carson	Sr
HB		Sal Gambone	Sr
[[American football positions\|]]		Bill Alter
[[American football positions\|]]		Bob DeColli

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Remaining Football Games" (PDF). The Triangle. 11 October 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ "1957 Football Schedule". Widener Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

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v t Drexel Dragons football
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

1957 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Hofstra		–		9	–	1	–	0
Louisville		–		9	–	1	–	0
Rose Poly		–		7	–	1	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona		–		7	–	1	–	1
Montana State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern		–		8	–	3	–	0
Sewanee		–		5	–	2	–	1
Tampa		–		6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		4	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		4	–	2	–	1
Washington University		–		5	–	3	–	0
Abilene Christian		–		5	–	3	–	1
Delaware		–		4	–	3	–	0
Carthage		–		4	–	3	–	1
Memphis State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		5	–	4	–	0
Wabash		–		5	–	4	–	0
Hawaii		–		4	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga		–		4	–	5	–	1
Arkansas State		–		4	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		4	–	5	–	0
Trinity (TX)		–		3	–	5	–	0
Bucknell		–		3	–	6	–	0
Pepperdine		–		3	–	6	–	0
La Verne		–		3	–	7	–	1
UC Riverside		–		1	–	4	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace		–		1	–	6	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		1	–	6	–	1
Drexel		–		1	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		1	–	7	–	0