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Al Buser
Al Buser went 8–13 as a head coach, 1917–1924, at Florida and Hamline. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1924 at Hamline. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 8–13 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1919 5–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Florida | 2–4 | ||||
| 1918 | Florida | 0–1 | ||||
| 1919 | Florida | 5–3 | ||||
| 1920–23: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1924 | Hamline * | 1–5 | T–8th / 7th | |||
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 rivals | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Conference games | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| At home | 9 | 6–3 | 67% |
| On the road | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
His own 14 games on file, 1917–1919, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolinaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Florida Southernseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Tulaneseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Stetsonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Mercerseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Oglethorpeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Georgiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Auburnseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Wisconsin 1911
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917–19 | Florida | Head coach | |
| 1920–22 | Saint Paul Central HS (MN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1924 | Hamline | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.