1945 Drexel Dragons football team

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

1945 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
1945 record2–5
Head coachMaury McMains (2nd season)
Captains
  • Dick Dowd
  • John Christie
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6at West Virginia
L 0–42
October 13CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–71,600
October 20HaverfordW 19–0
October 268:00 pmat West Chester
L 0–6
November 3Delaware
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–26
November 10at Johns Hopkins
L 13–26
November 172:00 pmLehigh
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–14

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Roster
1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt
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    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.
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