1927 Drexel Dragons football team

1927 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Seasons
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1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Springfield   –   7 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. 6 Army   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   7 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 3
CCNY   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 1
Lehigh   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry—now known as Drexel University—in the 1927 college football season. The team was led by Walter Halas in his first season as head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24at JuniataT 0–0
October 1at SchuylkillReading, PAL 0–12
October 8at Carnegie Tech
L 0–58
October 15at Susquehanna
L 0–13
October 22at HaverfordHaverford, PAL 0–263,000
October 29Upsala
W 43–0
November 5New York Aggies
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 51–0
November 12Saint Joseph's
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–710,000
November 19Washington CollegePhiladelphia, PAW 19–6

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Roster

1927 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
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. ^ "Drexel Grid Team Plays Ten Games Next Season" (PDF). The Drexel Triangle. January 25, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2017.


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