1961 Drexel Dragons football team

1961 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	College–Southern
Record	2–5–1 (1–5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Don Shank (3rd season) Herman Epstein (1st season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
No. 15 Rutgers x	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Bucknell	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Delaware	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
No. 6 Lehigh	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Temple	1	–	2	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Lafayette	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Muhlenberg	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Albright	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
Moravian	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Wagner	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Wilkes	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Hofstra *	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Juniata *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Upsala *	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
Southern College Division
Lebanon Valley x	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dickinson	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Drexel	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Haverford	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from major college AP poll for Rutgers and small college AP poll for Lehigh

The 1961 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30		Lebanon Valley	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–17	2,500
October	8:00 pm	at Albright	Albright Stadium	L 6–47	5,000
October 14		Lycoming	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	T 6–6	2,500
October		at Pennsylvania Military College		W 9–2	1,500
October		Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–17	5,000
November		Howard*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–9	2,000
November		at Western Maryland		L 0–18	2,500
November		at Dickinson		L 8–27	2,000
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1961 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Frank Gallo HB Joe Buffalo Jr HB Al Wagner Jr QB Tony DiGiovacchino QB George Carter	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tom Grebis (Drexel) Coordinators/assistant coaches Don Shank (Penn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt