1955–56 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

The 1955–56 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1955–56 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 4th year head coach Samuel Cozen, played their home games at Sayre High School and were members of the College–Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).

The team finished the season 10–8, and finished in 1st place in the MAC in the regular season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

#	Name	Height	Weight
4	Joseph Campbell	—	—
5	R. Seher	—	—
6	Edward O'Brien	—	—
7	William Harley	—	—
9	Eugene Szukalski	—	—
10	John Loomis	—	—
14	W. White	—	—
15	Ron Kleppinger	—	—
16	L. Humes	—	—
17	Bob Buckley	—	—
	M. Weinberg	—	—
	G. Brotz	—	—
	S. Cohen	—	—

Head coach

Samuel Cozen (Temple)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
January 4, 1956*	Lebanon Valley	W 77–55	1–0	–	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
January 7, 1956	Delaware	W 75–52	2–0 (1–0)	–	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
January 11, 1956	Swarthmore	W 86–66	3–0 (2–0)	25 – Buckley	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 1956	at Ursinus	W 81–63	4–0 (3–0)	–	–	–	Collegeville, PA
January 18, 1956*	vs. Saint Joseph's	L 57–83	4–1	21 – Kleppinger	–	–	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 25, 1956*	Millersville	L 76–87 ^2OT	4–2	17 – Loomis	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 28, 1956*	at Susquehanna	L 62–68	4–3	–	–	–
February 1, 1956*	at West Chester	W 59–57	5–3	13 – Loomis	–	–	Hollinger Field House West Chester, PA
February 4, 1956* 3:30 pm	Franklin & Marshall	L 57–63	5–4	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 8, 1956	Pennsylvania Military College	W 62–58	6–4 (4–0)	17 – Campbell	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 11, 1956 3:30 pm	Haverford	W 66–54	7–4 (5–0)	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 15, 1956	at Delaware	L 70–83	7–5 (5–1)	25 – Loomis	–	–	Newark, DE
February 18, 1956	at Swarthmore	W 79–66	8–5 (6–1)	–	–	–
February 22, 1956	Ursinus	W 96–66	9–5 (7–1)	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 25, 1956	at Pennsylvania Military College						Chester, PA
February 28, 1956	at Haverford	W 68–56	10–6 (8–2)	15 – Kleppinger	–	–	Ryan Gym Haverford, PA
March 3, 1956*	at Elizabethtown
March 6, 1956*	Villanova						Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

v t e Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Venues	Main Building (1894–1928) Curtis Hall Gym (1928–1952) Palestra (1949–1951, 3 games; 1987–1988 alternate) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1969) 32nd Street Armory (1969–1975) Daskalakis Athletic Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Penn
Culture & lore	City 6 DAC Pack "Drexel Fight Song" Mario the Magnificent Philadelphia Big 5 Big 5 Classic Robert V. Geasey Trophy
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25