1945 Drexel Dragons football team

1945 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Maury McMains.

1945 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
1945 record	2–5
Head coach	Maury McMains (2nd season)
Captains	Dick Dowd John Christie

1945 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

On Friday October 26, Drexel played in its program's first night football game against West Chester.[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 6		at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–42
October 13		CCNY	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–7	1,600
October 20		Haverford		W 19–0
October 26	8:00 pm	at West Chester	Wayne Field West Chester, PA	L 0–6
November 3		Delaware	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–26
November 10		at Johns Hopkins	Homewood Field Baltimore, MD	L 13–26
November 17	2:00 pm	Lehigh	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 9–14
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Dick Dowd (C) HB Bill Smith HB Geiger FB Cullen TE Scott OT Desiderio OG Dick Yasky C VanDoren OG Haines OT George Lechler TE Bahles FB John Christie TE Drummond Sr [[American football positions|]] Art Kees TE Johnny Liggins FB Bob Heffner C Handschumaker	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Maury McMains (McDaniel) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Dragons Meet Wet Chester". Newspaper Archive. 23 October 1945. p. 14. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
2. "Dragons Tackle Last Opponent Tomorrow" (PDF). The Triangle. 16 November 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2018.