1952 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Gene Hug
  • Evan Adams
Home stadiumDrexel Field
1952 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hofstra    8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton    8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall    7 1 0
Villanova    7 1 1
Holy Cross    8 2 0
Yale    7 2 0
Penn State    7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse    7 3 0
Bucknell    6 3 0
Colgate    6 3 0
Pittsburgh    6 3 0
Carnegie Tech    4 3 0
Harvard    5 4 0
Boston University    5 4 1
Penn    4 3 2
Army    4 4 1
Boston College    4 4 1
Tufts    3 4 1
Drexel    3 4 0
Fordham    2 5 1
NYU    2 5 1
Columbia    2 6 1
Brown    2 7 0
Cornell    2 7 0
Dartmouth    2 7 0
Temple    2 7 1
Buffalo    1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1952 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Pennsylvania Military
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–12[1][2]
October 11at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 47–39[3]
October 18at Franklin & Marshall
L 13–315,000[4]
October 25Randolph–Macon
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–13[5]
November 1at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 33–266,000[6]
November 8Western Marylanddagger
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–64,000[7]
November 15at Swarthmore
L 7–26[8]
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster

1952 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 23 Leo O'Connor
OT 40 Jack Richards Sr
G Sugart
C Paul Von Zech
G 35 Ted Peetros
OT 43 Evan Adams (C) Sr
TE 24 Semanik
HB Anderson
HB 12 Archie Gross Sr
FB 15 Art Fischer Sr
QB Gene Hug (C) Sr
TE 26 Ace Colson Sr
TE 27 Leo Hayes Jr
TE 28 Glazier
TE 31 Brooks
OT 45 Brown
OT 16 Dick Bjorklund
G Tom Grindler Sr
G 36 Tom Wonderly
G 38 Jim Hart
C 99 Ted Rubin
G, DE Fred Ulmer
HB 13 Loweree Sr
HB Tom Grebis Jr
HB 17 Mike DiVenanzio
HB Joe Haenn Sr
HB Poe
QB Auggie Campiglia
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tom Miller

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

Roster
Last update: February 16, 2018

References

  1. "PMC rally tops Drexel by 12–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1952. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Allenmen drop opener to PMC" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. October 10, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  3. "Drexel beats Ursinus, 47–39, as Hug outpitches Glock". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1952. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "F&M pitchouts rout Drexel, 31–13". Sunday News. October 19, 1952. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Drexel Tech snaps Randolph–Macon's winning streak, 21–13". Richmond Times Dispatch. October 26, 1952. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Drexel defeats Dickinson on rally in 2d half, 33–26". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1952. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "W. Md. edges Drexel, 6 to 0". The Baltimore Sun. November 9, 1952. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Opportunist Swarthmore upsets Drexel in rain, 26–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 16, 1952. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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