1923 Drexel Dragons football team

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1923 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

The 1923 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1923 college football season. Led by Harry J. O'Brien in his second season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 2–6.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 62:30 pmat CCNYW 18–0[1]
October 13at Saint Joseph'sL 0–6
October 202:30 pmat George Washington
L 0–8[2]
October 27JuniataPhiladelphia, PAL 7–14[3]
November 3at St. Stephen's (NY)
L 0–37[4]
November 10GallaudetPhiladelphia, PAL 0–13
November 17TemplePhiladelphia, PAW 7–0
November 24Western MarylandPhiladelphia, PAL 0–14

Roster[edit]

1923 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[edit]

  1. ^ "C.C.N.Y. starts grid season with a defeat". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 7, 1923. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Aerial attack wins for George Washington". The Evening Star. October 21, 1923. Retrieved February 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Drexel Institute humbled by Juniata". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1923. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "St. Stephen's team walks all over Drexel gridmen". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. November 5, 1923. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.