1959 Drexel Dragons football team

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1959 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
1959 record1–6 (0–5 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ben Kish (2nd season)
  • Don Shank (1st season)
Captains
  • Tom O'Connor (1st year)
  • Mike Piernock (1st year)
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
Delaware x 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Gettysburg 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rutgers 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Lehigh 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Temple 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
Muhlenberg * 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
College–Northern
Albright x 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Juniata 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Wagner 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Lebanon Valley 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Susquehanna 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Moravian 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wilkes 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Lycoming 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Scranton * 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Pennsylvania Military 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Western Maryland 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Ursinus 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Dickinson 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Haverford 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Drexel 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall * 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Swarthmore * 1 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ?
West Chester * 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1959 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 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

Schedule[]

[1] [2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 268:00 pmat AlbrightReading, PAL 12–23 
October 31:30 pmGettysburg*
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–36 
October 101:30 pmScranton
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–28 
October 241:30 pmat Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PAL 7–20 
October 311:30 pmTemple*dagger
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–82,500
November 71:30 pmJuniata
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–47 
November 141:30 pmat Western Maryland
  • Hoffa Field
  • Westminster, MD
L 6–26 

Roster[]

1959 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE Ray Miller
TE Bob Saracein
TE Cliff Dirkes
TE Jack Geary
TE Skip Becker
OT Jim Valentine
OT Frank Garofolo
OT Walt Danz
OT Dick Kohl
OG Pete Gable
OG Mike Dobulewicz
C Dick Frazier
C Jerry Humphrey
C John McGovern
C George Kelley
HB Frank Bell
HB Butch Lewoc
HB Harry O'Neil
HB Ken Suter
HB Knobbe Deitz
HB Jack Salvucci
FB Tom O'Connor (C)
FB Mike Piernock
FB Pat Brett
QB Jim Holden
QB Tony DiGiovacchino
QB George Carter
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "Football Schedule" (PDF). The Triangle. 18 September 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ "1959 Football Schedule". Widener Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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