A.E. Hernstein, head coach at Purdue
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A.E. Hernstein

A.E. Hernstein went 49–⁠15–⁠2 as a head coach, 1903–⁠1909, at Haskell, Purdue and Ohio State.

Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1903–⁠04 at Haskell; 1906–⁠09 at Ohio State. They’re marked in the table.

Record
49–⁠15–⁠2 career
Seasons
7
Schools
3
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1905 6–⁠1–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national title
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1903Haskell *7–⁠3
1904Haskell *8–⁠1
1905Purdue6–⁠1–⁠14th
1906Ohio State *8–⁠11st
1907Ohio State *7–⁠2–⁠12nd
1908Ohio State *6–⁠43rd
1909Ohio State *7–⁠33rd

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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals42–⁠1–⁠1
Conference games31–⁠1–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer10–⁠0–⁠1
At home54–⁠0–⁠1
On the road32–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite65–⁠0–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog21–⁠1

His own eight games on file, 1905, 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.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Notre Dameseries11–⁠0
Wabashseries11–⁠0
Missouriseries11–⁠0
Beloitseries11–⁠0
Illinoisseries11–⁠0
Wendell Phillips Highseries11–⁠0
Chicagoseries10–⁠1
Indianaseries10–⁠0–⁠1