American college football season
1894 Drexel Dragons football |
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Conference | Independent |
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Record | 1–3 |
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Captain | N. D. Holbrook |
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The 1894 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.
In either the team's first exhibition game against Penn freshman, or the regular season game against Hamilton School (there are conflicting reports), Knight, playing at fullback, suffered a fractured skull which killed him.[1] This is one of the earliest recorded deaths of an American football player due to injuries sustained during a game.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result |
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October 19 | | at Penn Freshman | (Exhibition) | |
October 20[2] | | at Hamilton School | | W 4–0 |
October 27[3] | | at Linden (Merchantville, NJ) | | L 0–5 |
November 3[4] | | at Media Shortlidge Academy | Media, PA | L 0–6 |
November 13 | | Northeast Manual Training School | | |
November 24[5] | 4:00 pm | Bank Clerks' Association | - A.C. of the Schuylkill Navy Grounds
- Wayne Junction, PA
| L 0–6 |
Roster
References
- ^ "Probably Fatal Football Game". newspapers.com. Carlisle Evening Herald. October 22, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "Drexel Institute and Hamilton". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "Drexel Institute Played Well". newspapers.com. The Times. October 28, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "Media and Drexel". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "Bank Clerks 6; Drexel 0". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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