On October 9, 1926, the team played its first home game on what was known as "Drexel Field" located at 46th and Haverford Ave, which had a capacity of 5,000.
After 1940, they were again an Independent school until 1958 when the team joined the Middle Atlantic Conferences in the College–Southern division.
At different points, the team was also known as the "Engineers," the "Blue and Gold," and the "Drexelites" before finally settling with the "Dragons."
In 1937, the Dragons won the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference championship by defeating Franklin and Marshall.
[4] Following the 1973 season, the football team was discontinued in order to redistribute the funds among other intercollegiate sports and intramural programs.