1961 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1961 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 1961 NCAA College Division football season. Tom Grebis was the team's head coach.

1961 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	College–Southern
Record	2–5–1 (1–5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Grebis (1st season)
Home stadium	Drexel Field
Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University
No. 15 Rutgers x	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Bucknell	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Delaware	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
No. 5 Lehigh	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Temple	1	–	2	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Lafayette	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Muhlenberg	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
College–Northern
Susquehanna x	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Albright	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
Moravian	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Wagner	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Wilkes	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Hofstra *	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Juniata *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Upsala *	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
College–Southern
Lebanon Valley x	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dickinson	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Drexel	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Haverford	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	7	–	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 30		Lebanon Valley	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–17	2,500
October 7	8:00 pm	at Albright	Albright Stadium Reading, PA	L 6–47	5,000
October 14		Lycoming	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	T 6–6	2,500
October 21		at Pennsylvania Military	Chester, PA	W 9–2	1,500
October 28		Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–17	5,000
November 4		Howard*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–9	2,000
November 11		at Western Maryland	Westminster, MD	L 0–18	2,500
November 18		at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 8–27	2,000
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1961 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Frank Gallo HB Joe Buffalo Jr HB Al Wagner Jr QB Tony DiGiovacchino QB George Carter	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tom Grebis (Drexel) Coordinators/assistant coaches Don Shank (Penn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

References

1. "College Football Scores". Aiken, SC: Aiken Standard And Review. November 13, 1961. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.