1928 Drexel Dragons football team

1928 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1928 college football season. Led by Walter Halas in his second season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 8–2.

1928 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainReed Heckman
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     9 0 0
West Chester     8 0 0
Villanova     7 0 1
Brown     8 1 0
No. 11 Penn     8 1 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
No. 9 Army     8 2 0
Drexel     8 2 0
No. 10 NYU     8 2 0
Temple     7 1 2
Lafayette     6 1 2
Princeton     5 1 2
CCNY     4 1 2
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Harvard     5 2 1
Tufts     5 2 1
Colgate     6 3 0
Rutgers     6 3 0
Bucknell     5 2 3
Columbia     5 3 1
Boston University     3 3 2
Cornell     3 3 2
Syracuse     4 4 1
Yale     4 4 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 5 0
Penn State     3 5 1
Lehigh     3 6 0
Washington & Jefferson     2 5 2
Providence     1 5 3
Vermont     1 7 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22JuniataPhiladelphia, PAW 13–0
September 29at MuhlenbergAllentown, PAW 6–3
October 6at DelawareW 19–0[1]
October 13SusquehannaPhiladelphia, PAW 38–0
October 20at CCNYL 6–265,000[2]
October 27at Washington CollegeChestertown, MDW 26–0
November 3New York AggiesPhiladelphia, PAW 46–0300
November 10at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 13–0
November 17at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 19–7
November 24Saint Joseph'sPhiladelphia, PAL 6–127,000

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References

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  1. ^ "Drexel Beats Delaware, 19-0, In Opener". Wilmington Morning News. October 8, 1928. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Drexel Institute eleven suffers first loss of season, bowing to C.C.N.Y." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1928. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "DREXEL GRID TEAM PLAYS TEN GAMES NEXT SEASON" (PDF). The Triangle. January 25, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "DREXEL BEATS MUHLENBURG, 6-3" (PDF). The Triangle. October 3, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "WASHINGTON BOWS TO 26-0 DEFEAT" (PDF). The Triangle. October 31, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2018.