Ben Collins
Ben Collins went 18–29–1 as a head coach, 1957–1961, at UTEP. Share
- Record
- 18–29–1 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1957 6–3
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | UTEP | 6–3 | ||
| 1958 | UTEP | 2–7 | ||
| 1959 | UTEP | 3–7 | ||
| 1960 | UTEP | 4–5–1 | ||
| 1961 | UTEP | 3–7 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 5–5 | 50% |
| Conference games | 24 | 9–15 | 38% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 9–9–1 | 50% |
| At home | 27 | 12–15 | 44% |
| On the road | 21 | 6–14–1 | 31% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 30 | 16–14 | 53% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 18 | 2–15–1 | 14% |
His own 48 games on file, 1957–1961, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odus Mitchell 1957–1961 | 1–3–1 | North Texas | 5 | |
| Warren Woodson 1958–1961 | 1–3 | New Mexico State | 4 | |
| Frank Kush 1958–1961 | 0–4 | Arizona State | 4 | |
| Jim LaRue 1959–1961 | 0–3 | Arizona | 3 |
Ben Collins’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 |
|---|---|---|
| West Texasseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| New Mexicoseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Hardin Simmonsseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Trinity (Texas)series | 5 | 2–3 |
| Arizonaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| North Texasseries | 5 | 1–3–1 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |