1970 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1970 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. Sterling Brown was the team's head coach.

1970 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1970 record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tampa    10 1 0
No. 5 Tennessee State    10 0 0
No. 11 Delaware    9 2 0
Hawaii    9 2 0
Northern Michigan    8 2 0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan    7 2 1
Akron    7 3 0
Central Michigan    7 3 0
Temple    7 3 0
Drake    7 4 0
Wayne State (MI)    6 2 0
Arkansas AM&N    6 3 0
Southern Illinois    6 3 0
Nevada    6 3 1
Portland State    6 4 0
UNLV    6 4 0
Boston University    5 4 0
Cortland    5 4 0
IUP    5 4 0
La Verne    5 4 0
Santa Clara    5 4 1
Lafayette    6 5 0
Colorado College    4 4 0
Drexel    4 4 0
Hofstra    5 5 0
Indiana State    5 5 0
Samford    5 5 0
Sonoma State    4 4 1
Wabash    3 3 2
Saint Mary's    3 4 0
Bucknell    4 6 0
Lehigh    4 6 0
Rose Poly    3 5 1
Northeastern    3 5 0
Indiana Central    3 6 0
Lake Forest    3 6 0
Chattanooga    3 8 0
Parsons    2 7 0
Eastern Illinois    2 8 0
Milwaukee    1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Defensive back Lynn Ferguson was awarded third team on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Upsala
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–182,000
October 3at LafayetteL 14–193,500
October 10at Merchant MarineL 0–242,000
October 17Lehigh
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–07,500
October 24at AlbrightW 14–72,000
October 31Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–01,500
November 7Gettysburg
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–131,500
November 14at Hampden–SydneyL 6–71,500
  • Homecoming

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Roster

1970 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
  • Sterling Brown (East Stroudsburg)
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "A.P.'s Little All-American". The Morning News. December 10, 1970. p. 42 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. "1970 Football Schedule". Widener Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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