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Arthur Valpey

Arthur Valpey went 5–⁠12 as a head coach in the games on file: 1948 at Harvard and 1949 at Harvard. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records.

Record
5–⁠12 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1948 4–⁠4

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1457 in 1948
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1948Harvard4–⁠4
1949Harvard1–⁠8

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 teams30–⁠3
Against top-10 teams20–⁠2
Against rivals61–⁠5
Decided by 8 points or fewer42–⁠2
At home115–⁠6
On the road60–⁠6
As our Elo’s favorite22–⁠0
As our Elo’s underdog153–⁠12

His own 17 games on file, 1948–⁠1949, 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
Holy Crossseries22–⁠0
Yaleseries21–⁠1
Columbiaseries21–⁠1
Brownseries21–⁠1
Dartmouthseries20–⁠2
Princetonseries20–⁠2
Cornellseries20–⁠2
Armyseries20–⁠2