1896 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1896 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

1896 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record1–5
Head coach
  • None
Captains
  • Storm
  • R. R. Worrell
Home stadiumWest Philadelphia YMCA
1896 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham    1 0 0
Lafayette    11 0 1
Princeton    10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson    8 0 1
Penn    14 1 0
Yale    13 1 0
Pittsburgh College    11 2 0
Buffalo    9 1 2
Villanova    10 4 0
Bucknell    5 2 1
Harvard    7 4 0
Boston College    5 3 0
Storrs    5 3 0
Cornell    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 2
Temple    3 2 0
Army    3 2 1
Rutgers    6 6 0
Carlisle    5 5 0
Holy Cross    2 2 2
Brown    4 5 1
Wesleyan    4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall    3 4 2
Geneva    3 4 0
Penn State    3 4 0
Colgate    3 4 1
Amherst    3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.    3 6 0
Lehigh    2 5 0
Tufts    2 6 1
Swarthmore    2 6 0
New Hampshire    1 4 0
Drexel    1 5 0
Massachusetts    0 4 0
Rhode Island    0 4 0

Schedule

[1]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
UnknownCentral High SchoolW 10–0
October 14[2]at Chester High School
L 0–11
October 17[3]at Media Shortlidge AcademyMedia, PAL 0–4
October 22[4]at Wilmington Art SchoolWilmington, DEL 0–10
November 6[5]at Northeast Manual Training SchoolWillow Grove, PAL 2–6
November 18[6]at Media Shortlidge AcademyMedia, PAL 0–22

Roster

1896 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Mills
OT Murdaugh
OG Weihman
C Burgess
OG S. Walter Bishop Jr
OT Mask
TE Tyson
HB Atmore
HB Storm (C)
FB Jackson
QB R. Worrell
TE, OT Viguers
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
  • No coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. Smith, Mel. "USA COLLEGE GRIDIRON 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. "Chester and Drexel Institute". newspapers.com. Chester, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. 15 October 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. "Drexel Institute Defeated". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Times. 18 October 1896. p. 9. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. "Wilmington Wins". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 23 October 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 7, 1896 · Page 10". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 7 November 1896. p. 10. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. "Media Academy Defeats Drexel". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. 19 November 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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