1956 Drexel Dragons football team

The 1956 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1956 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach. Left guard Vince Vidas was awarded first string on the Little All-America college football team for the second consecutive year.

1956 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Bill Zador
  • Vince Vidas
Home stadiumDrexel Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alfred     8 0 0
Northern Michigan     7 0 1
St. Norbert     8 1 0
Carthage     8 2 0
Tampa     7 2 0
Cal Poly San Dimas     6 2 0
Mississippi Southern     7 2 1
Wabash     6 2 1
Hawaii     7 3 0
Hofstra     7 3 0
Xavier     7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 2 1
Louisville     6 3 0
Pepperdine     6 3 0
Washington University     6 3 0
La Verne     6 4 0
Buffalo     5 3 0
Drexel     5 3 0
Long Beach State     5 3 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Memphis State     5 4 1
Arkansas State     5 4 0
Chattanooga     5 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     3 4 1
Rose Poly     3 4 0
Bucknell     3 5 0
Carnegie Tech     3 5 0
Temple     3 5 0
Howard (AL)     2 5 2
Sewanee     1 6 1
UC Riverside     1 6 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30New Haven
L 19–28
October 6at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 13–7
October 13West Chester
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–13
October 20Pennsylvania Military 
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 44–21
October 27at JuniataHuntingdon, PAL 13–19
November 3Western Maryland
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6
November 10at Lebanon Valley
W 32–12
November 17Coast GuardNew London, CTW 20–7
  •  Homecoming

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Roster

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1956 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB, K Ron Kleppinger Sr
TE Iles Wauhop Sr
TE Art Barnes
OT Vince Vidas (C) Sr
G Don Whitney
G Ed Schmidt
C Jack Eidenberg
HB, P Frank Russo Sr
HB John Maloney Jr
HB Gambone
QB, K 19 Bill Zador (C) Sr
QB Dave Ritchie
[[American football positions|]] Dick Hughes Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ "New Haven Stops Dragons" (PDF). The Triangle. October 5, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Drexel)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2024.