1959 Drexel Dragons football team

American college football season

1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University Division
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Gettysburg	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	9	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Northern College Division
Albright x	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Juniata	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Wagner	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Scranton *	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	0
Drexel	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore *	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1959 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 1959 college football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	8:00 pm	at Albright	Reading, PA	L 12–23	4,000
October 3	1:30 pm	Gettysburg*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–36	3,000
October 10	1:30 pm	Scranton	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–28	2,000
October 24	1:30 pm	at Pennsylvania Military	Chester, PA	L 7–20	3,500
October 31	1:30 pm	Temple*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–8	2,500–5,000
November 7	1:30 pm	Juniata	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–47	1,000
November 14	1:30 pm	at Western Maryland	Hoffa Field Westminster, MD	L 6–26	3,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

1959 Drexel Dragons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE		Ray Miller
TE		Bob Saracein
TE		Cliff Dirkes
TE		Jack Geary
TE		Skip Becker
OT		Jim Valentine
OT		Frank Garofolo
OT		Walt Danz
OT		Dick Kohl
G		Pete Gable
G		Mike Dobulewicz
C		Dick Frazier
C		Jerry Humphrey
C		John McGovern
C		George Kelley
HB		Frank Bell
HB		Butch Lewoc
HB		Harry O'Neil
HB		Ken Suter
HB		Knobbe Deitz
HB		Jack Salvucci
FB		Tom O'Connor (C)
FB		Mike Piernock
FB		Pat Brett
QB		Jim Holden
QB		Tony DiGiovacchino
QB		George Carter

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v t e Drexel Dragons football
Venues	West Philadelphia YMCA (1896–?) Drexel Field (?–1962) Vidas Field (1963–1973)
Culture & lore	City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

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