August 17, 2016

Drexel has its best football season in history when the team has its first — and only — undefeated season. The Dragons finish 8-0 under team captain Vincent Vidas ’59, the only player in Drexel history to be named to two All-American teams. Today, Vidas is in the Drexel Athletics Hall of Fame and his name brands Drexel’s Vidas Athletic Complex on Powelton Avenue. Trustees cut the football team, which had been at Drexel since 1892, in 1973 to conserve funds for other sports and a new physical education and athletic center.