1898 Drexel Dragons football team

1898 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0
Head coach
CaptainCharles Carson
Home stadiumWest Philadelphia YMCA
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   11 – 0 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   9 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 3 – 0
Western Penn.   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   6 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 3
Fordham   –   1 – 1 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 4 – 2
New Hampshire   –   4 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   4 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 4 – 1
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1898 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by D. Leroy Reeves. The team went undefeated, and allowed 0 points against the entire season.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
October 5at Cheltenham High SchoolAshmead Village, PAW 59–0
October 13at Wilmington High School (DE)
W 6–0
November 1at Northeast Manual Training SchoolBelmontW 33–0
November 3Morningat South Jersey InstituteBridgeton, NJW 24–0
November 32:00 pmat West Jersey AcademyBridgeton, NJW 17–0
November 8Central Manual Training School
  • West Philadelphia YMCA
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 15–0
November 18Roman Catholic High School Cancelled (Rain)
November 223:30 pmat Ursinus B TeamCollegeville, PAW 16–0

Roster

1898 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE Bishop
OT Edwin Potts So
G Fosh
C Coates
RG Hilliard
OT Brown
TE Stoll
QB Charles Carson (C) So
HB Schofield So
HB Whitner
FB Bailey
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

Roster
Last update: 12 February 2018

References

  1. ^ Smith, Mel. "USA COLLEGE GRIDIRON 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.


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