1950 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Tommy Price
  • Lew Gerlach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 6 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1950 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Tackle Tom Staszak was awarded second team on the 1950 Little All-America college football team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 26–05,000[1][2]
October 7Gettysburgdagger
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–78,000[3]
October 14Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–7[4]
October 28at Washington College
W 21–0[5]
November 4Western Maryland
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 25–26[6]
November 11at Swarthmore
W 28–72,000[7]
November 18West Chester
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–68,000[8]
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster

1950 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE Fred Haid
OT 31 Adams
G 22 Tommy Price (C)
C 21 George Rusetski
G Kim Billings
OT Silverman
TE Colson
HB 13 Joe Pietrocarlo
HB 19 Hank Vaders
FB 39 Tom Stazak
QB Smith
TE 20 Zak Zakarian
TE 28 Fred Yahrling
TE Dick Spahr
TE 40 Dick Henry
OT Joe Hefferman
OT Bill Huster
G George Ream Injured
G John Racine
G 35 Ernie Rodgers
C Carl Bauer
C Bob Stewart
HB 15 Joe Bigatel
HB 11 Lew Gerlach (C)
HB 42 Tom Kolongowski
HB 12 Archie Gross So
HB 29 Art Fischer
HB 14 Harry Connor So
QB 16 Bobby Brown
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 18 Frank Fogarty
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Drexel defeats Ursinus, 26–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 1, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Drexel downs Ursinus, 26–0" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. October 6, 1950. p. 6. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Drexel scores upset over G-Burg, 13–7". Sunday News. October 8, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "PMC defeated by Drexel, 19–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Drexel eleven overpowers Washington College, 21 to 0". The Baltimore Sun. October 29, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "W. Md. defeats Drexel by 26–25". The Baltimore Sun. November 5, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Drexel whips Swarthmore, 28–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Drexel trips W. Chester, 7–6, ends seasons with 6–1 mark". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 19, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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