1940 Drexel Dragons football team

1940 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Walter Halas.

1940 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceEastern Pennsylvania Conference
Record2–6 (1–1 EPC)
Head coach
CaptainWalt Hutton
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall $ 3 0 0 7 2 0
Muhlenberg 2 1 0 4 6 0
Gettysburg 2 2 0 4 4 0
Drexel 1 1 0 2 6 0
Ursinus 0 4 0 1 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

Drexel was ranked at No. 570 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Juniata*Philadelphia, PAL 0–14
October 5at Buffalo*
L 13–20
October 12GettysburgPhiladelphia, PAL 0–41
October 19RPI* Philadelphia, PAL 0–26
October 26at Delaware*L 0–19[2]
November 22:30 pmLowell Textile*Philadelphia, PAW 8–0
November 9at Swarthmore*Swarthmore, PAL 6–18
November 16at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 12–8
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Roster edit

1940 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 34 Walt Hutton (C) Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References edit

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Delaware Gets First Win, Beating Drexel". The Morning Call. October 27, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Drexel Defeated in First Seasonal Tilt" (PDF). The Triangle. October 11, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "1940 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.