1939 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute of Technology—now known as Drexel University as a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference during the 1939 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Walter Halas, the Dragons compiled an overall record of 3–5–1 with a mark of 0–1–1 in conference play, tying for fourth place at the bottom of the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference standings.[1][2]
Drexel was ranked at No. 435 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 23 | | Blue Ridge (MD)* | - Drexel Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 20–0 | |
| September 30 | | at Geneva* | Beaver Falls, PA | L 7–13 | |
| October 7 | 2:00 pm | Hartwick* | - Drexel Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 9–0 | |
| October 14 | | at Gettysburg | Gettysburg, PA | L 7–60 | |
| October 21 | | Swarthmore* | - Drexel Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| L 0–14 | |
| October 28 | | Randolph–Macon* | - Drexel Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| L 6–7 | 2,000 |
| November 4 | | at Juniata* | Selinsgrove, PA | L 13–20 | |
| November 11 | | Ursinus | - Drexel Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| T 14–14 | |
| November 18 | | at Johns Hopkins* | Baltimore, MD | W 26–6 | |
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Roster
| 1939 Drexel Dragons football team roster
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| Players
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Coaches
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| Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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References
- ^ "Gettysburg Looms as League Winner". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved June 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Eastern Collegiate Conference". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. November 26, 1939. p. 10. Retrieved June 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dragons Win Opening Game" (PDF). The Triangle. October 6, 1939. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "1939 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.