1932 Drexel Dragons football team

1932 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
CaptainEd Marsh
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Colgate     9 0 0
Brown     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 1
Pittsburgh     8 1 2
No. 8 Army     8 2 0
Drexel     5 1 1
Massachusetts State     7 2 0
Villanova     7 2 0
Duquesne     7 2 1
Fordham     6 2 0
Penn     6 2 0
Temple     5 1 2
Tufts     5 1 2
Cornell     5 2 1
Franklin & Marshall     4 2 1
Boston College     4 2 2
La Salle     4 2 2
Harvard     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 3 2
Carnegie Tech     4 3 2
Bucknell     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 4 1
Princeton     2 2 3
Yale     2 2 3
Boston University     2 3 2
Vermont     2 4 1
CCNY     2 5 0
Penn State     2 5 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

1932 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1932 college football season. Led by Walter Halas in his sixth season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–1–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24at LehighBethlehem, PAT 13–13
October 1West Chester
W 18–6
October 8DelawareW 13–10[1]
October 15Juniata
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0
October 22at CCNYW 20–0[2]
October 29at Washington CollegeChestertown, MDW 28–13
November 5at UrsinusCollegeville, PAL 6–28

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Roster

1932 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 45 William Wright
OT 7 Ed Marsh (C)
G 17 Martin
C 57 Al Eckelmeyer
G 21 Keller
OT 40 Ted Markle
TE 59 Harry Brevda
HB 52 Samuel Potter
HB 14 Henry Schoeller
FB 31 Ralph Petchik
QB 25 Myron Fleming
TE 5 Finocharo
HB 16 Robert Kennedy
C 22 Dan Dugan
TE 24 James Reynolds
G 30 Thomas Lukens
FB 33 Joseph Guggenheim
TE 37 Henry Wallace
HB 38 Charlie Knapp
OT 43 Joseph Finnerty
TE 44 Raymond Wirth
G 46 Abel
G 56 Henry Kelly
TE 58 A. Mered Hoff
OT 69 John Goheen
QB 70 Frank Burns
HB 71 John Gabriel
QB 84 Jack Van Horn
FB 85 Jim Donnelley
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. ^ "Drexel comes back and tops Delaware". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1932. Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Second half drive earns Drexel 20–0 win over C.C.N.Y." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1932. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football Team Elects Captain" (PDF). The Triangle. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 15, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved January 16, 2018.