1942 Drexel Dragons football team

1942 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Albert H. Repscha.

1942 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1941
1944 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams     7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State     6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College     8 2 0
Buffalo     6 2 0
Bucknell     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Duquesne     6 3 1
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 1
Penn     5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross     5 4 1
Dartmouth     5 4 0
Brown     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Vermont     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     3 3 0
Boston University     4 5 0
Cornell     3 5 1
Princeton     3 5 1
Temple     2 5 3
Columbia     3 6 0
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Tufts     2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall     1 4 2
Massachusetts State     2 5 0
Harvard     2 6 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Manhattan     2 6 0
CCNY     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Drexel was ranked at No. 355 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3Delaware
L 0–40
October 10Juniata
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–13
October 17at HaverfordL 0–18
October 24Lebanon Valley
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–19
October 31at GettysburgGettysburg, PAL 0–18
November 7at UrsinusCollegeville, PAL 13–19
November 14Susquehanna
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–0
November 21Johns Hopkins
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 29–6

[2]

Roster edit

1942 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Dick Dowd
FB John Christie
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • Albert H. Repscha (Maine)
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References edit

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Blue Hens Down Dragons" (PDF). The Triangle. October 9, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved January 29, 2018.