1963 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
Record5–3 (3–2 Middle Atlantic Conference)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
No. 2 Delaware x 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Bucknell 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Gettysburg 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Temple 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Lehigh 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
College–Northern
Upsala x 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Wagner 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Albright 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Moravian 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Wilkes 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Lycoming 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Juniata * 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Susquehanna * 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Hofstra * 0 – 0 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
College–Southern
Western Maryland x 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Muhlenberg 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Dickinson 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Drexel 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lebanon Valley 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Pennsylvania Military 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Ursinus 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Haverford 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Johns Hopkins 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
West Chester * 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 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 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

The 1963 season was the first season the football team played at the new Drexel Field (later renamed Vitas Field), located at 43rd and Powelton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 281:30 p.m.Coast Guard*
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–33,000[1][2]
October 51:30 p.m.Lebanon Valley
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 30–63,300
October 121:30 p.m.Lycoming
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–73,000
October 191:30 p.m.Delaware Valley*
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 43–153,000
October 262:00 p.m.at Wilkes
W 23–142,800
November 21:30 p.m.at Pennsylvania Military
L 0–102,500
November 91:30 p.m.King's*dagger
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–06,500
November 161:30 p.m.at Western MarylandWestminster, MDL 6–72,000
November 231:30 p.m.at Dickinson (cancelled due to JFK assassination)Cancelled

[3][4]

Roster

[5]

1963 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 39 Bob Brennan Sr
OT 64 Don Mankin Sr
G 61 Chuck Niessner Jr
C 53 Jules Bosch Sr
G 63 Tony Giuliante So
OT 49 Joel Gotchel Sr
TE 40 Chuck Farrell So
HB 24 John Schlichtig Sr
HB 27 Rich Thatcher Jr
FB, TE 32 Harry Purnell Sr
QB 17 Fran Crovetti Jr
TE 36 Hal Vang Jr
TE 37 Hank Nowak So
TE 41 Russ DeLuca So
TE 38 Frank Gallo Sr
TE 42 Larry Veit So
TE 43 Phil Hall Sr
TE 44 Irv Campbell So
OT 47 Al Anderman Jr
OT 54 Mike Higgins So
OT 56 Nick Polivka So
OT 57 Sante Camo So
OT 62 Ted Passyn Sr
OT 65 Ron Heckman So
G 45 John Smith Sr
G 48 George Guerra Jr
G 51 Rich Cecchine So
G 58 Bob Steel So
G 59 Matt Kennedy So
G 60 Bill Whitorff Jr
C 50 Brud Shaw Sr
C 52 Don Brown So
C 53 Jules Bosch Sr
C 55 Bob Muntz So
HB 22 Ed Bogdan Jr
HB 21 Carl Valentino So
HB 23 Rich Sullivan So
HB 25 Dave Leahy Jr
HB 30 Skip Lombardi So
HB 33 Ken Prescott So
FB 31 Bruno Ceccarelli Jr
FB 34 Harry Heinzl So
FB 35 Tom McVeigh So
QB 20 Tim Patterson Sr
QB 19 Bob King Sr
QB 18 Don Harmatuck Jr
QB, P 16 Howie Guarini Jr
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. ^ "Coast Guardsmen At Drexel Tech". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 28, 1963. p. 13. Retrieved August 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Coast Guard's Allison Defeats Drexel, 3-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1963. p. S3. Retrieved August 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ White, Tom (October 4, 1963). "Dragons Sunk By Coast Guard, Face Lebanon Valley Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 12. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "Drexel vs King's". drexel.edu. Drexel University. November 9, 1963. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
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