American college football season
The 1896 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.
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1896 Drexel Dragons football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Mills OT Murdaugh G Weihman C Burgess G S. Walter Bishop Jr OT Mask TE Tyson HB Atmore HB William Storm (C) FB Jackson QB R. Worrell TE , OT Viguers
Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
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