1959 Drexel Dragons football team

1959 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	College–Southern
Record	1–6 (0–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jack Hinkle (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ben Kish (2nd season) Don Shank (1st season)
Captains	Tom O'Connor (1st year) Mike Piernock (1st year)
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Gettysburg	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northern College Division
Albright x	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Juniata	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Wagner	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Scranton *	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Drexel	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore *	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1959 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 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	8:00 pm	at Albright	Reading, PA	L 12–23
October 3	1:30 pm	Gettysburg*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–36
October 10	1:30 pm	Scranton	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–28
October 24	1:30 pm	at Pennsylvania Military College	Chester, PA	L 7–20
October 31	1:30 pm	Temple*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–8	2,500
November 7	1:30 pm	Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–47
November 14	1:30 pm	at Western Maryland	Hoffa Field Westminster, MD	L 6–26
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1959 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Ray Miller TE Bob Saracein TE Cliff Dirkes TE Jack Geary TE Skip Becker OT Jim Valentine OT Frank Garofolo OT Walt Danz OT Dick Kohl G Pete Gable G Mike Dobulewicz C Dick Frazier C Jerry Humphrey C John McGovern C George Kelley HB Frank Bell HB Butch Lewoc HB Harry O'Neil HB Ken Suter HB Knobbe Deitz HB Jack Salvucci FB Tom O'Connor (C) FB Mike Piernock FB Pat Brett QB Jim Holden QB Tony DiGiovacchino QB George Carter	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Hinkle (Syracuse) Coordinators/assistant coaches Ben Kish (Pittsburgh) Don Shank (Penn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt