1961 Drexel Dragons football team

1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
	University
	College–Northern
	College–Southern
	x – Division champion/co-champions; * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games ; Rankings from AP Poll

1961 Drexel Dragons football
1961 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
	College–Southern
1961 record	2–5–1 (1–5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Don Shank (3rd season); Herman Epstein (1st season);
Home stadium	Drexel Field
	Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 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 1961 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30		Lebanon Valley	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–17	2,500
October	8:00 pm	at Albright	Albright Stadium	L 6–47	5,000
October 14		Lycoming	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	T 6–6	2,500
October		at Pennsylvania Military College	Chester, PA	W 9–2	1,500
October		Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–17	5,000
November		Howard*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–9	2,000
November		at Western Maryland		L 0–18	2,500
November		at Dickinson		L 8–27	2,000
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

1961 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
TE	Frank Gallo
HB	Joe Buffalo	Jr
HB	Al Wagner	Jr
QB	Tony DiGiovacchino
QB	George Carter

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "College Football Scores". Aiken, SC: Aiken Standard And Review. 13 November 1961. p. 6. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
^ "1961 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

1961 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	College–Southern
1961 record	2–5–1 (1–5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Don Shank (3rd season) Herman Epstein (1st season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field
Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University
No. 15 Rutgers x	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Bucknell	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Delaware	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
No. 5 Lehigh	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Temple	1	–	2	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Lafayette	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Muhlenberg	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
College–Northern
Susquehanna x	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Albright	4	–	0	–	1	7	–	0	–	1
Moravian	4	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Wagner	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	3	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
Wilkes	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Hofstra *	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Juniata *	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Upsala *	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	7	–	0
College–Southern
Lebanon Valley x	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Dickinson	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Drexel	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Haverford	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

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