1958 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1958 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 1958 NCAA College Division football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

1958 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	College–Southern
Record	1–7 (1–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jack Hinkle (1st season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University
No. 20 Rutgers x	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Lafayette	5	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Gettysburg	3	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Lehigh	2	–	1	–	2			3	–	3	–	3
Delaware	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
College–Northern
Juniata x	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	1
Lycoming	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Lebanon Valley	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Susquehanna	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Moravian	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Wagner	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Dickinson	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Albright	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Wilkes	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Scranton *	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
College–Southern
Pennsylvania Military x	7	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Johns Hopkins	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Haverford	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Swarthmore	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Drexel	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Ursinus	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
West Chester *	1	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27		Albright	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–21	1,000
October 4		at National Agricultural*		L 8–13
October 11		at Gettysburg*	Memorial Field Gettysburg, PA	L 0–27
October 18		West Chester	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–51	1,000
October 25		Pennsylvania Military	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–15	1,000
November 1		at Scranton	Scranton Memorial Stadium Scranton, PA	L 14–33
November 8	1:30 pm	at Juniata	College Field Huntingdon, PA	L 0–52
November 15		Western Maryland	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0	700
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1958 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Bill Alter (C) TE Bomer TE Jack Geary TE Charlie Paul TE John Lesniewski OT Frank Garofolo OT Ron Bales OT Walt Danz OT Ray Miller G Don Whitney G Bob DeColli G Ron Kidd G Dick Frazier C Ed Schmidt (C) C Dick Cole HB Joe Zador HB Frank Bell HB John Maloney HB Ken Suter HB Harry O'Neil FB Pat Brett FB Mike Piernock QB Tom O'Connor QB Jim Holden	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Hinkle (Syracuse) Coordinators/assistant coaches Ben Kish (Pittsburgh) Vince Vidas (Drexel) Ron Kleppinger (Drexel) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

References

1. "Football Schedule" (PDF). The Triangle. September 24, 1958. p. 8. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.