1940 Drexel Dragons football team

1940 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceEastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference
Record2–6 (1–1 Eastern Pennsylvania)
Head coach
CaptainWalt Hutton
1940 Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Muhlenberg 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Gettysburg 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
1 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Ursinus 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

1940 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 1940 college football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Walter Halas, the Dragons compiled an overall record of 2–6 with a mark of 1–1 in conference play, tying for third place in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference.[1]

Drexel was ranked at No. 570 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Juniata*Philadelphia, PAL 0–14
October 5at Buffalo*
L 13–20
October 12GettysburgPhiladelphia, PAL 0–41
October 19RPI*Philadelphia, PAL 0–26
October 26at Delaware*
L 0–19[3]
November 22:30 pmLowell Textile*Philadelphia, PAW 8–0
November 9at Swarthmore*Swarthmore, PAL 6–18
November 16at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 12–8

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Roster

1940 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 34 Walt Hutton (C) 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

    1. ^ "F. &. M. Team Wins Honors In The East". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1940. p. 31. Retrieved June 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
    2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. ^ "Delaware Gets First Win, Beating Drexel". The Morning Call. October 27, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
    4. ^ "Drexel Defeated in First Seasonal Tilt" (PDF). The Triangle. October 11, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
    5. ^ "1940 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.


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