1931 Drexel Dragons football team

American college football season

1931 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1
Head coach	Walter Halas (5th season)
Captain	Mike Labove
Home stadium	Drexel Field
Seasons← 1930 1932 →

1931 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Bucknell		–		6	–	0	–	3
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	1	–	0
Drexel		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Harvard		–		7	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		8	–	1	–	1
Columbia		–		7	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State		–		7	–	1	–	1
Syracuse		–		7	–	1	–	1
Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Yale		–		5	–	1	–	2
Army		–		8	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	2	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		7	–	3	–	0
Providence		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		6	–	3	–	1
Boston College		–		6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		3	–	2	–	2
Villanova		–		4	–	3	–	2
La Salle		–		4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne		–		3	–	5	–	3
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	1
St. John's		–		3	–	5	–	1
CCNY		–		2	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	7	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	8	–	0
Princeton		–		1	–	7	–	0
Vermont		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

1931 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1931 college football season. Led by Walter Halas in his fifth season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 7–1.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26		Moravian	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0
October 3		at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 6–27	5,000
October 10		at Juniata	Huntingdon, PA	W 13–7
October 17	2:00 pm	West Chester	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–0
October 24		CCNY	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 37–0
October 31	2:00 pm	Washington College	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 44–0
November 7	2:00 pm	Ursinus	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–7
November 14	2:00 pm	at Saint Joseph's	54th and City Line Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0
All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1931 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB		Mike LaBove (C)	Sr
]		Walt MacFayden	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Walter Halas (Illinois)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Rae Crowther (Colgate)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

"Grossman scores three touchdowns as Rutgers defeats Drexel eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1931. p. S1. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dragon freshmen bear brunt of offensive as Lavender foe falters". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1931. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Next Season's Football Schedule Announced" (PDF). The Triangle. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 9, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 16, 2018.

v t e Drexel Dragons football
Venues	West Philadelphia YMCA (1896–?) Drexel Field (?–1962) Vidas Field (1963–1973)
Culture & lore	City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

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