1931 Drexel Dragons football team

1931 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainMike Labove
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1931 Eastern college football independents records
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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Moravian
W 26–0
October 3at Rutgers
L 6–275,000[1]
October 10at JuniataHuntingdon, PAW 13–7
October 172:00 pmWest Chester
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–0
October 24CCNY
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 37–0[2]
October 312:00 pmWashington College
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 44–0
November 72:00 pmUrsinus
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–7
November 142:00 pmat Saint Joseph's
  • 54th and City Line
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–0

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Roster

1931 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 72 Wirth
OT 76 Ed Marsh
G 45 Walt MacFayden Sr
C 47 Al Eckelmeyer
G 60 Keller
OT 83 Ted Markle
TE 58 Hoff
HB 68 Charlie Knapp
HB 31 John Gabriel
FB 1 Mike LaBove (C) Sr
QB 53 Frank Burns
TE 17 Wallace
TE 20 Kelly
OT 23 Dean
HB 24 Henry Schoeller
FB 25 Jim Donnelley
G 30 Tom Lukens
TE 57 Wright
C 59 Harry Brevda
HB 64 Sam Potter
QB 70 Myron Fleming
FB 71 Ralph Petchik
C 73 Jimmy Ellis
OT 77 Martin
TE 79 Reynolds
QB 85 Klerlein
HB 86 Goddard
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

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