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Adrian Lindsey
Adrian Lindsey went 66–64–16 as a head coach, 1922–1938, at Bethany, Oklahoma and Kansas. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1922–26 at Bethany. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 66–64–16 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1932 5–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Bethany * | 5–3 | 6th | |||
| 1923 | Bethany * | 2–7 | 13th | |||
| 1924 | Bethany * | 4–3–2 | 6th | |||
| 1925 | Bethany * | 7–0 | T–1st | |||
| 1926 | Bethany * | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1927 | Oklahoma | 3–3–2 | 7th | |||
| 1928 | Oklahoma | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1929 | Oklahoma | 3–3–2 | 4th | |||
| 1930 | Oklahoma | 4–3–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1931 | Oklahoma | 4–7–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1932 | Kansas 1st season, final 6 games | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1933 | Kansas | 5–4–1 | 4th | |||
| 1934 | Kansas | 3–4–3 | 4th | |||
| 1935 | Kansas | 4–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1936 | Kansas | 1–6–1 | 6th | |||
| 1937 | Kansas | 3–4–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1938 | Kansas | 3–6 | 6th |
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 43 | 12–24–7 | 36% |
| Conference games | 59 | 22–30–7 | 43% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 49 | 16–19–14 | 47% |
| At home | 47 | 21–17–9 | 54% |
| On the road | 58 | 21–32–5 | 41% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 56 | 31–17–8 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 49 | 11–32–6 | 29% |
His own 105 games on file, 1927–1938, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Bible 1929–1938 | 2–6–1 | Nebraska, Texas | 9 | |
| Bo McMillin 1928–1933 | 4–2 | Kansas State | 6 | |
| George Veenker 1931–1936 | 2–3–1 | Iowa State | 6 | |
| Gwinn Henry 1927–1931 | 1–3–1 | Missouri | 5 | |
| Charlie Bachman 1927–1937 | 0–5 | Kansas State, Michigan State | 5 | |
| Bill Hargiss 1928–1931 | 2–2 | Kansas | 4 | |
| Wesley Fry 1935–1938 | 2–2 | Kansas State | 4 | |
| Biff Jones 1935–1938 | 1–2–1 | Oklahoma, Nebraska | 4 | |
| Pappy Waldorf 1929–1934 | 0–2–2 | Oklahoma State, Kansas State | 4 | |
| Don Faurot 1935–1938 | 0–2–2 | Missouri | 4 |
Adrian Lindsey’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas Stateseries | 12 | 6–6 |
| Missouriseries | 12 | 4–5–3 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 11 | 5–5–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 11 | 1–8–2 |
| Oklahomaseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| Kansasseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 5 | 1–2–2 |
| Creightonseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Kansas 1916
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919–21 | Kansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1922–26 | Bethany (KS) | Head coach | |
| 1927–31 | Oklahoma | Head coach | |
| 1932 | Kansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1932–38 | Kansas | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Leon McCartyKansas
- Phog AllenKansas
- Potsy ClarkKansas
- Bill HargissKansas
Assistants who became head coaches
- Snorter LusterOklahoma, Southwestern Oklahoma State
- Glenn PresnellNebraska, Lawrence Tech, Eastern Kentucky
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon McCarty | Kansas | 1919 | Assistant coach | |
| Phog Allen | Kansas | 1920 | Assistant coach | |
| Potsy Clark | Kansas | 1921 | Assistant coach | |
| Bill Hargiss | Kansas | 1932 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snorter Luster | Oklahoma, 1929–31: line coach | Oklahoma, Southwestern Oklahoma State | |
| Glenn Presnell | Kansas, 1937: backfield coach | Nebraska, Lawrence Tech, Eastern Kentucky |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.