1933 Drexel Dragons football team

1933 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1933 college football season. Led by Walter Halas in his seventh season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–3.

1933 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Walter Halas (7th season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field
Seasons ← 1932 1934 →

1933 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Duquesne			–					10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	1	–	1
Bucknell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					5	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	3	–	0
Manhattan			–					5	–	3	–	1
Cornell			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					3	–	3	–	2
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	4	–	1
Northeastern			–					1	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					2	–	5	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	7	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	5	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30		at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–19
October 7		West Chester	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–7
October 14		at Juniata	Huntingdon, PA	W 12–7
October 21		CCNY	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 32–0	1,500	[1]
October 28		Ursinus	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7
November 4		Delaware	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 6–0	3,500	[2]
November 11		Susquehanna	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6
November 18	2:00 pm	at Lebanon Valley	Bethlehem Steel Field Annville, PA	L 6–16	1,200
All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1933 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class [[American football positions|]]	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Walter Halas (Illinois) Coordinators/assistant coaches Rae Crowther (Colgate) Albert H. Repscha (Maine) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Drexel tramples C.C.N.Y. eleven in battle of passes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 22, 1933. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Potter stars as Drexel beats Delaware gridmen with final period pass". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 5, 1933. Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Coming Events" (PDF). The Triangle. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1933. p. 5. Retrieved January 16, 2018.