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Al Humphreys

Al Humphreys went 12–⁠19–⁠2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1938 at Bucknell, 1939 at Bucknell, 1940 at Bucknell, 1941 at Bucknell, 1942 at Bucknell and 1946 at Bucknell. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record three seasons differently (1940, 4–⁠2–⁠2, 1941, 6–⁠3 and 1942, 6–⁠2–⁠1); by them his record is 27–⁠21–⁠3.

Record
12–⁠19–⁠2 games on file
Seasons
6
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1938 5–⁠3

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1442 in 1942
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1938Bucknell5–⁠3
1939Bucknell3–⁠5
1940Bucknell0–⁠2–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠2–⁠2)
1941Bucknell1–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 6–⁠3)
1942Bucknell0–⁠1–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 6–⁠2–⁠1)
1943–⁠45: not a college head coach
1946Bucknell3–⁠6

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

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams10–⁠1
Against rivals11–⁠0
Decided by 8 points or fewer102–⁠6–⁠2
At home139–⁠4
On the road203–⁠15–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite159–⁠6
As our Elo’s underdog183–⁠13–⁠2

His own 33 games on file, 1938–⁠1946, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Bob Higgins 1938–⁠19461–⁠5Penn State6
Ray Morrison 1940–⁠19460–⁠3–⁠1Temple4

Al Humphreys’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Penn Stateseries61–⁠5
Templeseries60–⁠5–⁠1
George Washingtonseries42–⁠1–⁠1
Gettysburgseries32–⁠1
Albrightseries22–⁠0
Muhlenbergseries21–⁠1
Georgetownseries20–⁠2
Furmanseries11–⁠0