1896 Drexel Dragons football team

1896 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5
Head coach	None
Captains	William Storm R. R. Worrell
Home stadium	West Philadelphia YMCA
Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

1896 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Fordham		–		1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette		–		11	–	0	–	1
Princeton		–		10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		8	–	0	–	1
Penn		–		14	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College		–		11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo		–		9	–	1	–	2
Villanova		–		10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		5	–	2	–	1
Harvard		–		7	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	3	–	0
Storrs		–		5	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	2
Temple		–		3	–	2	–	0
Army		–		3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers		–		6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle		–		5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		2	–	2	–	2
Brown		–		4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan		–		4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall		–		3	–	4	–	2
Geneva		–		3	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		3	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	1
Amherst		–		3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.		–		3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		2	–	5	–	0
Tufts		–		2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore		–		2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire		–		1	–	4	–	0
Drexel		–		1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts		–		0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island		–		0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

Schedule

^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
Unknown	Central High School		W 10–0
October 14^[2]	at Chester High School	Chester Park Chester, PA	L 0–11
October 17^[3]	at Media Shortlidge Academy	Media, PA	L 0–4
October 22^[4]	at Wilmington Art School	Wilmington, DE	L 0–10
November 6^[5]	at Northeast Manual Training School	Willow Grove, PA	L 2–6
November 18^[6]	at Media Shortlidge Academy	Media, PA	L 0–22

Roster

1896 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
TE	Mills
OT	Murdaugh
G	Weihman
C	Burgess
G	S. Walter Bishop	Jr
OT	Mask
TE	Tyson
HB	Atmore
HB	William Storm (C)
FB	Jackson
QB	R. Worrell
TE, OT	Viguers

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

No coach

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

References

^ Smith, Mel. "USA COLLEGE GRIDIRON 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
^ "Chester and Drexel Institute". newspapers.com. Chester, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ "Drexel Institute Defeated". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Times. October 18, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ "Wilmington Wins". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 7, 1896 · Page 10". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 7, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ "Media Academy Defeats Drexel". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 19, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved October 17, 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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