A.W. Shepard

A.W. Shepard went 1–⁠2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1892 at Kansas and 1893 at Kansas. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1892, 7–⁠1 and 1893, 2–⁠5); by them his record is 9–⁠6.

Record
1–⁠2 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1892 1–⁠0

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1525 in 1892
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1892Kansas1–⁠0 (Wikipedia: 7–⁠1)
1893Kansas0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 2–⁠5)

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Decided by 8 points or fewer10–⁠1
At home21–⁠1
On the road10–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite21–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog10–⁠1

His own three games on file, 1892–⁠1893, 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
Illinoisseries11–⁠0
Michiganseries10–⁠1
Minnesotaseries10–⁠1