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.