Albert Sharpe
Albert Sharpe went 39–24–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1912 at Cornell, 1913 at Cornell, 1914 at Cornell, 1915 at Cornell, 1916 at Cornell, 1917 at Cornell and 1919 at Yale. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. His 1915 Cornell team claims the national title. Share
- Record
- 39–24–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 1915
- Best season
- 1915 9–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Cornell | 3–7 | ||
| 1913 | Cornell | 5–4–1 | ||
| 1914 | Cornell | 8–2 | ||
| 1915 | Cornell | 9–0 | ||
| 1916 | Cornell | 6–2 | ||
| 1917 | Cornell | 3–6 | ||
| 1918: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1919 | Yale | 5–3 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Murray SheltonConsensus All‑American, 1915- John E. O’HearnConsensus All‑American, 1914
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 13 | 3–9–1 | 27% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 6–10–1 | 38% |
| At home | 50 | 33–16–1 | 67% |
| On the road | 14 | 6–8 | 43% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 33–10 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 21 | 6–14–1 | 31% |
His own 64 games on file, 1912–1919, 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.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fielding Yost 1912–1917 | 3–3 | Michigan | 6 | |
| George Brooke 1913–1915 | 3–0 | Pennsylvania | 3 | |
| George Johnson 1915–1917 | 3–0 | Bucknell | 3 | |
| Percy Haughton 1913–1916 | 1–2 | Harvard | 3 |
Albert Sharpe’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bucknellseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Michiganseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Oberlinseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Williamsseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Harvardseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Colgateseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
| Brownseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Also a player: Albert Sharpe’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- A.E. BridesNorth Carolina, Massachusetts
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.E. Brides | Yale, 1919: line coach | North Carolina, Massachusetts |
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.