A.D. Kirwan
A.D. Kirwan went 24–28–4 as a head coach, 1938–1944, at Kentucky. Share
- Record
- 24–28–4 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1939 6–2–1
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Kentucky | 2–7 | 12th | |||
| 1939 | Kentucky | 6–2–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1940 | Kentucky | 5–3–2 | 9th | |||
| 1941 | Kentucky | 5–4 | 12th | |||
| 1942 | Kentucky | 3–6–1 | T–11th | |||
| 1943: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1944 | Kentucky | 3–6 | 9th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 0–10–1 | 5% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 1–10–1 | 13% |
| Conference games | 29 | 4–22–3 | 19% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 4–11–4 | 32% |
| At home | 33 | 17–14–2 | 55% |
| On the road | 22 | 7–13–2 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 34 | 23–8–3 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 1–20–1 | 7% |
His own 56 games on file, 1938–1944, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Thomas 1938–1944 | 0–5–1 | Alabama | 6 | |
| William Alexander 1938–1942 | 1–4 | Georgia Tech | 5 | |
| Wallace Butts 1939–1944 | 1–2–1 | Georgia | 4 | |
| John Barnhill 1941–1944 | 0–4 | Tennessee | 4 | |
| Bill Kern 1940–1942 | 1–2 | West Virginia | 3 | |
| Bob Neyland 1938–1940 | 0–3 | Tennessee | 3 | |
| Red Sanders 1940–1942 | 0–2–1 | Vanderbilt | 3 |
A.D. Kirwan’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Tennesseeseries | 7 | 0–7 |
| Alabamaseries | 6 | 0–5–1 |
| Xavierseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| West Virginiaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Georgia Techseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 5 | 1–3–1 |
| Washington and Leeseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |