1893 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1893 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1893 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

1893 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
1893 record	2–2
Head coach	None
Captain	Stuart Heist (1st year)

1893 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					10	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	0	–	2
Penn			–					12	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carlisle			–					2	–	1	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	1	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	2	–	1
Army			–					4	–	5	–	0
Williams			–					2	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	1
Worcester Tech			–					2	–	4	–	1
Boston University			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	9	–	1
Western Penn			–					1	–	4	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					1	–	9	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					0	–	2	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	4	–	0
Maine			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
November 7[1]		at Hamilton School		W 8–0
November 25[2]		Rugby Academy		W Forfeit
November 30[3]	10:30 pm	Bank Clerks' Association	Y.M.C.A Philadelphia, PA	L 6–12
December 2[4]		Northeast Manual Training School		L Forfeit
All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1893 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Jones OT Shaffer OG Ryder C, QB Stuart Heist (C) OG Colfesh OT Reeves TE Lewis QB Merrick HB Dessinger HB Brown FB Howell TE Anderson OT N.D. Holbrook OG Krips C O.F. Knight OG H.W. Lewis OT Gruel TE F.D. Lewis HB H.L. Cattanach HB Galbraith	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach No coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 17 October 2018

References

1. "GENERAL SPORTING NOTES". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 8 November 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
2. "Rugby Forfeits to Drexel". newspapers.com. The Times. 26 November 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
3. "Quite a controversy then Drexel Institute Protests a Game". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 December 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
4. "Drexel Defauts to Manual". newspapers.com. The Times. 3 December 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2018.