1964 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1964 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 1964 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

1964 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University Division
Gettysburg x	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Temple	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Delaware	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Lafayette	0	–	4	–	2	0	–	7	–	2
Hofstra	0	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Lehigh	0	–	3	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Northern College Division
Wagner x	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Albright	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Juniata	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Moravian	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Upsala	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Susquehanna *	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Southern College Division
Franklin & Marshall x	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Drexel	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Muhlenberg	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Swarthmore	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Dickinson	4	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Maryland	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Glassboro State*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 27–0	2,500
October 3		at Howard*	Washington, DC	W 19–18	2,000
October 10	1:30 pm	at Lycoming	College Field Williamsport, PA	W 15–7	3,000
October 17	1:30 pm	at Wagner	Grymes Hill Stadium Staten Island, NY	L 0–21	3,500	^[1]
October 24	1:30 pm	Delaware Valley*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 39–0	1,500
October 31	1:30 pm	Pennsylvania Military	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–0	4,500
November 7	1:30 pm	at Merchant Marine*	Tomb Field Kings Point, NY	L 14–15	2,500
November 14		Western Maryland	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–6	1,500
November 21	1:30 pm	Dickinson	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24–19	2,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

1964 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE, DE	`41`	Russ DeLuca	Jr
OT, DT	`54`	Mike Higgins	Jr
G, NG	`61`	Chuck Niessner	Sr
C, LB	`50`	Tom McVeigh	Jr
G, LB	`63`	Tony Giuliante	Jr
OT, DT	`49`	Norm Shotwell	Jr
TE, S	`40`	Chuck Farrell	Jr
HB, CB	`25`	Dave Leahy	Sr
HB, CB	`27`	Rich Thatcher	Sr
FB, S	`31`	Bruno Ceccarelli	Sr
QB	`17`	Fran Crovetti	Sr
OT, DT	`57`	Mike Mulroy	So
OT, DE	`64`	Chuck Hammond	So
G, NG	`65`	Vince DiBianca	So
G, NG	`58`	Bob Steel	Jr
G, LB	`48`	George Guerra	Sr
G, LB	`62`	Bob Karcher	So
C, DT	`52`	John Boyd	So
C, DT	`53`	Pete Molluro	So
C, NG	`55`	Bob Muntz	Jr
TE, DE	`42`	Larry Veit	Jr
TE, DE	`43`	Charlie Walters	So
TE, DE	`45`	Tony Godonis	So
HB	`22`	Ed Bogdan	Sr
HB, S	`19`	Dennis Wilcox	So
HB	`21`	Frank O'Donnell	So
HB, CB	`24`	Tom Moore	So
HB	`29`	Joe Siderio	So
HB, CB	`36`	Bob Frizell	So
FB, DE	`33`	John Plaxa	So
FB, LB	`37`	Carmen Calabrese	So
FB, P	`32`	Ken Wise	So
QB, CB	`18`	Don Harmatuck	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`30`	Skip Lombardi	Jr
DE, TE	`39`	Mike Paulonis	So
LB, G	`60`	Bill Whitorff	Sr
S, P	`16`	John Kuzan	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K, TE	`44`	Irv Campbell	Jr

^ "Wagner Whips Drexel For 5th in Row, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1964. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1964 Grid Schedule Announced By Drexel" (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: The Triangle. May 15, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ "Drexel vs Dickinson". drexel.edu. Drexel University. November 21, 1964. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.