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1962 Drexel Dragons football team

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1962 Drexel Dragons football
MAC College–Southern Division co-champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
Record6–2 (5–1 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Don Shank (4th season)
  • Herman Epstein
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University Division
Delaware x 5 0 0 7 2 0
Bucknell 5 1 0 6 3 0
Lehigh 2 2 0 3 6 0
Temple 2 3 0 3 6 0
Lafayette 2 4 0 3 5 0
Gettysburg 2 4 0 2 6 0
Muhlenberg 0 4 0 2 7 0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x 5 0 0 9 0 0
Moravian 4 2 0 5 3 0
Wagner 3 3 0 4 4 1
Wilkes 3 4 0 3 4 0
Upsala 2 3 0 4 4 0
Albright 2 3 0 3 5 0
Lycoming 1 4 0 4 4 0
Hofstra * 1 0 0 8 2 0
Juniata * 2 1 0 6 2 0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x 5 1 0 8 1 0
Drexel x 5 1 0 6 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0 5 2 0
Lebanon Valley 4 2 0 5 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 5 4 0 5 5 0
Dickinson 3 5 0 3 5 0
Johns Hopkins 2 4 0 2 6 0
Ursinus 2 5 0 2 5 0
Haverford 1 5 0 1 6 0
Franklin & Marshall 0 5 0 0 8 0
West Chester * 0 0 0 7 2 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1962 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1962 college football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

Schedule

[1]

September 29at Coast Guard*

L 8–10 4,000 October 6at Lebanon ValleyW 34–12 2,500 October 13at LycomingW 17–14 4,000 October 201:30 pmWilkes

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

W 14–12 2,000 October 27Pennsylvania Military Collegedagger

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

W 31–8 6,500 November 3at Delaware Valley*W 13–0 500 November 10Western Maryland

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

L 0–8 2,000 November 17Dickinson

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

W 10–7 2,500

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

1962 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 40 Frank Gallo
TE 48 Harry Purnell
TE 46 Doug Cranage
OT 77 Don Mankin
OT 41 Joel Gotchel
OT 88 Norm Shotwell
G 44 Paul Eichhorn Sr
G 17 John Smith
G 30 Bill Whitorff
G 49 Chuck Niessner
C 99 Jules Bosch
C Brud Shaw
HB 29 Joe Buffalo Sr
HB 27 Al Wagner Sr
HB 24 Bob Laux Sr
HB 22 Ed Bogdan
HB 25 Dave Leahy
FB 31 Bruno Ceccarelli
FB 33 Larry Browne Sr
QB 12 Fran Crovetti
QB, P 19 Gene Bishop Sr
QB George Carter
QB 10 Tim Patterson
QB 11 Bob King
QB 18 Don Harmatuck
  14 John Schlichtig
  15 Andy Pekala
  16 Rich Thatcher
  23 George Guerra
  26 Dave Ferrier
  28 Bob Brennan
  32 Joe Reeder
  35 Hal Vang
  38 Fred Fenster
  42 Tim DiFiore
  43 George Betz
  45 Ted Passyn
  47 Al Anderman
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. ^ "Dragons Tie For MAC Crown" (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: The Triangle. 30 November 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 26 March 2018.