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1947 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–8
Head coach
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons← 19461948 →
1947 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Penn State   –   9 – 0 – 1
Muhlenberg   –   9 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 11 Army   –   5 – 2 – 2
Villanova   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 2
Springfield   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 5 – 2
Temple   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 8 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 6 – 1
Merchant Marine   –   2 – 9 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   0 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 268:00 p.m.at West ChesterL 13–335,000
October 4Ursinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6
October 112:00 p.m.Lehigh
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–75,000
October 182:15 p.m.at HaverfordL 6–334,500
October 25Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–25
November 1at Johns HopkinsL 0–396,000
November 8at DickinsonL 13–25
November 15Swarthmore
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 14–192,000

Roster

1947 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "W. Chester Faces Drexel Tonight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1947. p. 35. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. "West Chester Routs Drexel". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1947. p. 14. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Lehigh Beats Drexel, 7-0, On Navarro's 72-Yard Run". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Dragons Drop 2 Openers" (PDF). The Triangle. October 10, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
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