1893 Drexel Dragons football team

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1893 Drexel Dragons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainStuart Heist (1st year)
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 0
Fordham
   –   4 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   12 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   10 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 0 – 2
Penn   –   12 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan
   –   4 – 1 – 0
Holy Ghost   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carlisle   –   2 – 1 – 0
Delaware
   –   2 – 1 – 0
Frankin & Marshall
   –   4 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 2 – 0
Bucknell
   –   4 – 3 – 0
Amherst
   –   7 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 2 – 1
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 1
Worcester Tech   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 9 – 1
Western Penn   –   1 – 4 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 9 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 4 – 0
Maine
   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1893 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1893 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

Football in 1893

halfbacks located about two yards behind him, and a fullback or "goal-tend," who stood about a dozen yards behind the halfbacks.[3]

Kickoffs were generally executed by kicking the ball forward slightly for a self-recovery and quick lateral pass to a teammate who carried the ball in the middle of a V-shaped blocking wedge of his teammates.[4] When the ball was brought to a standstill, the runner would cry "down" and a line of scrimmage formed, with the "center-rusher" (also called the "snap-back") hiking the ball to the quarterback.[4] The quarterback would generally pitch the ball to one of the three backs behind him to attempt to run forward, while the defenders would "endeavor by all lawful means to retard that advance."[5]

The offense would retain the ball if it was able to gain 5 yards in three downs — or by retreating 20 yards towards their own goal line.[6] The ball would generally be punted away after two downs "if the prospects of completing the 5-yard gain appear small."[6]

A touchdown counted as 4 points and allowed the scoring team the opportunity to add 2 more points by kicking the ball over the crossbar and through the goal posts, which were planted at the goal line.[7] After a touchdown, the scoring team had the option of bringing out the ball as far as desired at a right angle from the point at which the ball crossed the goal line (as in modern rugby) and attempting a place kick, or by executing a "punt out" from the end zone to a teammate making a fair catch, from which spot a drop-kick for the extra points could be attempted.[8]

A drop kick through the goal posts from the field counted as 5 points.

safties counted for 2 points.[9]

The game consisted of two 45-minute halves with an intermission of 10 minutes, although duration of the game could be shortened by mutual consent.

soccer).[11]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
November 7[12]at Hamilton SchoolW 8–0
November 18Mt. Zion InstituteW 4–0
November 25[13]Rugby AcademyW Forfeit
November 30[14]10:30 pmBank Clerks' Association
L 6–12
December 2[15]Northeast Manual Training SchoolL Forfeit
December 9Central High School Cancelled

Roster

1893 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE Jones
OT Shaffer
G Ryder
C, QB Stuart Heist (C)
G Colfesh
OT Reeves
TE Lewis
QB Merrick
HB Dessinger
HB Brown
FB Howell
TE Anderson
OT N.D. Holbrook
G Krips
C O.F. Knight
G H.W. Lewis
OT Gruel
TE F.D. Lewis
HB H.L. Cattanach
HB Galbraith
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • No coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 17 October 2018

References

  1. ^ Walter Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," in Camp (ed.), Foot-ball Rules and Referee's Book for the Season of 1893–94. New York: A.G. Spalding & Bros., 1893; pp. 3–4.
  2. ^ Walter Camp (ed.), "Foot-ball Rules of the American Intercollegiate Association," in Camp (ed.), Foot-ball Rules and Referee's Book for the Season of 1893–94. New York: A.G. Spalding & Bros., 1893; p. 23.
  3. ^ Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 5.
  4. ^ a b Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 6.
  5. ^ Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," pp. 6–7.
  6. ^ a b Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 7.
  7. ^ a b Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 9.
  8. ^ Camp (ed.), "Foot-ball Rules of the American Intercollegiate Association," p. 27.
  9. ^ a b Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 11.
  10. ^ Camp (ed.), "Foot-ball Rules of the American Intercollegiate Association," p. 19.
  11. ^ Camp (ed.), "Foot-ball Rules of the American Intercollegiate Association," p. 17.
  12. ^ "GENERAL SPORTING NOTES". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 8, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  13. ^ "Rugby Forfeits to Drexel". newspapers.com. The Times. November 26, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  14. ^ "Quite a controversy then Drexel Institute Protests a Game". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  15. ^ "Drexel Defauts to Manual". newspapers.com. The Times. December 3, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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