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Babe Horrell
Babe Horrell went 24–31–6 as a head coach, 1939–1944, at UCLA. Share
- Record
- 24–31–6 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1939 6–0–4, No. 7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | UCLA | 6–0–4 | T–2nd | 7 | ||
| 1940 | UCLA | 1–9 | 9th | |||
| 1941 | UCLA | 5–5–1 | 6th | |||
| 1942 | UCLA | 7–4 | 1st | Rose Bowl L | 13 | |
| 1943 | UCLA | 1–8 | 3rd | |||
| 1944 | UCLA | 4–5–1 | 3rd |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 2–7–2 | 27% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| Against rivals | 20 | 5–11–4 | 35% |
| Conference games | 38 | 16–17–5 | 49% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 29 | 11–12–6 | 48% |
| At home | 40 | 20–16–4 | 55% |
| On the road | 20 | 4–14–2 | 25% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 29 | 15–11–3 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 32 | 9–20–3 | 33% |
His own 61 games on file, 1939–1944, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stub Allison 1939–1944 | 3–5 | California | 8 | |
| Jeff Cravath 1942–1944 | 1–3–1 | USC | 5 | |
| James Phelan 1939–1943 | 2–2 | Washington, Saint Mary’s (CA) | 4 | |
| Buck Shaw 1939–1942 | 1–2–1 | Santa Clara | 4 | |
| Lon Stiner 1939–1942 | 1–2–1 | Oregon State | 4 | |
| O.E. Hollingbery 1939–1941 | 3–0 | Washington State | 3 | |
| Tex Oliver 1939–1941 | 2–1 | Oregon | 3 |
Babe Horrell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Californiaseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| USCseries | 8 | 1–4–3 |
| Washingtonseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Oregonseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Stanfordseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Santa Claraseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Washington Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–38 | UCLA | Assistant coach | |
| 1939–44 | UCLA | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bernie MastersonNebraska, Lewis
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Spaulding | UCLA | 1926–38 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Masterson | UCLA, 1941: assistant coach | Nebraska, Lewis |
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.