1945 Drexel Dragons football team

1945 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	Maury McMains (2nd season)
Captains	Dick Dowd John Christie
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1945 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

1945 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Maury McMains.

On Friday October 26, Drexel played in its program's first night football game against West Chester.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6		at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–42
October 13		CCNY	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–7	1,600
October 20		Haverford		W 19–0
October 26	8:00 pm	at West Chester	Wayne Field West Chester, PA	L 0–6
November 3		Delaware	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–26
November 10		at Johns Hopkins	Homewood Field Baltimore, MD	L 13–26
November 17	2:00 pm	Lehigh	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 9–14
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1945 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Dick Dowd (C) HB Bill Smith HB Geiger FB Cullen TE Scott OT Desiderio G Dick Yasky C VanDoren G Haines OT George Lechler TE Bahles FB John Christie TE Drummond Sr [[American football positions|]] Art Kees TE Johnny Liggins FB Bob Heffner C Handschumaker	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Maury McMains (McDaniel) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt