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1963 Drexel Dragons football team

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1963 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
Record5–3 (3–2 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Don Shank (5th season)
  • Herman Epstein
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University Division
No. 2 Delaware x 4 0 0 8 0 0
Bucknell 3 1 0 6 3 0
Gettysburg 2 2 0 5 4 0
Temple 1 2 0 5 3 1
Lehigh 1 3 0 1 8 0
Lafayette 1 4 0 1 8 0
Northern College Division
Upsala x 4 1 0 6 2 0
Wagner 4 1 0 6 3 0
Albright 2 3 0 3 5 0
Moravian 2 4 0 2 4 0
Wilkes 2 5 0 3 5 0
Lycoming 1 5 0 1 7 0
Juniata * 3 1 0 5 3 0
Susquehanna * 2 1 0 8 1 0
Hofstra * 0 0 0 3 6 0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x 4 0 0 6 1 1
Muhlenberg 4 1 0 5 3 0
Dickinson 5 2 0 5 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0 4 3 0
Drexel 3 2 0 5 3 0
Lebanon Valley 4 3 0 4 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 3 5 0 3 6 0
Ursinus 2 4 1 2 4 1
Haverford 2 4 0 2 5 0
Franklin & Marshall 1 4 0 1 6 0
Johns Hopkins 0 4 1 0 6 1
West Chester * 0 0 0 7 1 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 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 1963 college football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

The 1963 season was the first season the football team played at the new Drexel Field (later renamed Vitas Field), located at 43rd and Powelton in Philadelphia, PA.

Schedule

[1]

Coast Guard*

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

L 0–3 3,000 October 51:30 pmLebanon Valley

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

W 30–6 3,300 October 121:30 pmLycoming

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

W 22–7 3,000 October 191:30 pmDelaware Valley*

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

W 43–15 3,000 October 262:00 pmat Wilkes

W 23–14 2,800 November 21:30 pmat Pennsylvania Military College

L 0–10 2,500 November 9King's*dagger

  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA

W 16–0 6,500 November 161:30 pmat Western MarylandL 6–7 2,000 November 231:30 pmat Dickinson (Cancelled due to JFK assassination) Cancelled  

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

1963 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 39 Bob Brennan
OT 64 Don Mankin
G 61 Chuck Niessner
C 53 Jules Bosch
G 63 Giuliante
OT 49 Joel Gotchel
TE 40 Chuck Farrell
HB 24 John Schlichtig
HB 27 Rich Thatcher
FB 32 Harry Purnell
QB 17 Fran Crovetti
TE 36 Hal Vang
TE 37 Nowak
TE 41 DeLuca
TE 38 Frank Gallo
TE 42 Veit
TE 43 Hall
TE 44 Campbell
OT 47 Al Anderman
OT 54 Higgins
OT 56 Polivka
OT 57 Camo
OT 62 Ted Passyn
OT 65 Heckman
G 45 John Smith
G 48 George Guerra
G 51 Cecchine
G 58 Steel
G 59 Kennedy
G 60 Bill Whitorff
C 50 Brud Shaw
C 52 Brown
C 53 Bosch
C 55 Muntz
HB 22 Ed Bogdan
HB 21 Valentino
HB 23 Sullivan
HB 25 Dave Leahy
HB 30 Lombardi
HB 33 Prescott
FB 31 Bruno Ceccarelli
FB 34 Heinzl
FB 35 McVeigh
QB 20 Tim Patterson
QB 19 Bob King
QB 18 Don Harmatuck
QB, P 16 Howie Guarini
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 Sunk By Coast Guard, Face Lebanon Valley Tomorrow" (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: The Triangle. 4 October 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2018.