1898 Drexel Dragons football team

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.

1898 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–0
Head coach	D. Leroy Reeves (1st season)
Captain	Charles Carson
Home stadium	West Philadelphia YMCA
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5		at Cheltenham High School	Ashmead Village, PA	W 59–0
October 13		at Wilmington High School (DE)	Warren Athletic Club Wilmington, DE	W 6–0
November 1		at Northeast Manual Training School	Belmont	W 33–0
November 3	Morning	at South Jersey Institute	Bridgeton, NJ	W 24–0
November 3	2:00 pm	at West Jersey Academy	Bridgeton, NJ	W 17–0
November 8		Central Manual Training School	West Philadelphia YMCA Philadelphia, PA	W 15–0
November 18		Roman Catholic High School		Cancelled (Rain)
November 22	3:30 pm	at Ursinus B Team	Collegeville, PA	W 16–0
All times are in Eastern time

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 D. Leroy Reeves (Lafayette) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt Roster Last update: 12 February 2018

References

1. Smith, Mel. "USA COLLEGE GRIDIRON 1890s" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2021.