1959 Drexel Dragons football team

1959 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	College–Southern Division
Record	1–6 (0–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jack Hinkle (2nd season)
Captains	Tom O'Connor Mike Piernock
Home stadium	Drexel Field

1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Gettysburg	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northern College Division
Albright x	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Juniata	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Wagner	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Scranton *	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Drexel	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore *	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1959 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1959 college football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	8:00 pm	at Albright	Reading, PA	L 12–23	4,000
October 3	1:30 pm	Gettysburg*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–36	3,000
October 10	1:30 pm	Scranton	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–28	2,000
October 24	1:30 pm	at Pennsylvania Military	Chester, PA	L 7–20	3,500
October 31	1:30 pm	Temple*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–8	2,500–5,000	[1]
November 7	1:30 pm	Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–47	1,000
November 14	1:30 pm	at Western Maryland	Hoffa Field Westminster, MD	L 6–26	3,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1959 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Ray Miller TE Bob Saracein TE Cliff Dirkes TE Jack Geary TE Skip Becker OT Jim Valentine OT Frank Garofolo OT Walt Danz OT Dick Kohl G Pete Gable G Mike Dobulewicz C Dick Frazier C Jerry Humphrey C John McGovern C George Kelley HB Frank Bell HB Butch Lewoc HB Harry O'Neil HB Ken Suter HB Knobbe Deitz HB Jack Salvucci FB Tom O'Connor (C) FB Mike Piernock FB Pat Brett QB Jim Holden QB Tony DiGiovacchino QB George Carter	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Hinkle (Syracuse) Coordinators/assistant coaches Ben Kish (Pittsburgh) Don Shank (Penn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. Smith, Ron (November 1, 1959). "Late Drexel Touchdown Turns Back Temple, 12-8". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Football Schedule" (PDF). The Triangle. September 18, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
3. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.