1953 Drexel Dragons football team

1953 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–3–1
Head coach	Eddie Allen (4th season)
Assistant coach	Tom Miller
Captains	Ted Rubin (1st year) Tom Grebis (1st year)
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1953 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Westminster (PA)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Juniata			–					7	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	2	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1953 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 2	Night	at West Chester	Wayne Field West Chester, PA	L 12–47	4,000
October 10		Ursinus	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6
October 17		Franklin & Marshall	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–33
October 24		at Randolph–Macon	Ashland, VA	T 7–7
October 31		Dickinson	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–13
November 7		at Western Maryland	Hoffa Field Westminster, MD	Cancelled (Snow)
November 14		Swarthmore	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1953 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Glazier OT Paul VonZech G Jim Hart C 99 Ted Rubin (C) G 35 Ted Peetros OT 48 Nels Sugart TE 19 Leo Hayes Sr HB Tom Grebis  (C) Sr HB Auggie Campiglia FB George Piper QB George Meyers Jr TE 23 Leo O'Connor TE Cobano OT Joe Kwapinski G Boyle G Tom Wonderly HB Carl Fugmann FB Kenny Pastor	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Eddie Allen (Penn) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tom Miller Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt