Bernie Moore
Bernie Moore went 86–47–7 as a head coach, 1926–1947, at Mercer and LSU. Wikipedia’s season articles record three seasons differently (1926, 4–3–2, 1927, 5–4 and 1928, 3–5–1); by them his record is 95–51–9. Share
- Record
- 86–47–7 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 3 seasons
- Hall of Fame
- 1954 inducted
- Best season
- 1936 9–1–1, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Mercer | 1–2–1 (Wikipedia: 4–3–2) | T–4th | |||
| 1927 | Mercer | 1–3 (Wikipedia: 5–4) | 10th | |||
| 1928 | Mercer | 1–3 (Wikipedia: 3–5–1) | 15th | |||
| 1929–34: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | LSU | 9–2 | 1st | Sugar Bowl L | ||
| 1936 | LSU | 9–1–1 | 1st | Sugar Bowl L | 2 | |
| 1937 | LSU | 9–2 | 2nd | Sugar Bowl L | 8 | |
| 1938 | LSU | 6–4 | 10th | |||
| 1939 | LSU | 4–5 | 10th | |||
| 1940 | LSU | 6–4 | 6th | |||
| 1941 | LSU | 4–4–2 | 7th | |||
| 1942 | LSU | 7–3 | 6th | |||
| 1943 | LSU | 6–3 | 2nd | Orange Bowl W | ||
| 1944 | LSU | 2–5–1 | 6th | |||
| 1945 | LSU | 7–2 | 3rd | 15 | ||
| 1946 | LSU | 9–1–1 | 3rd | Cotton Bowl T | 8 | |
| 1947 | LSU | 5–3–1 | 8th | |||
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.
Players he coached
Gaynell TinsleyConsensus All‑American, 1935 and 1936
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 ranked teams | 22 | 8–13–1 | 39% |
| Against top-10 teams | 9 | 0–8–1 | 6% |
| Against rivals | 61 | 35–20–6 | 62% |
| Conference games | 78 | 43–30–5 | 58% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 48 | 23–18–7 | 55% |
| At home | 85 | 60–22–3 | 72% |
| On the road | 48 | 23–22–3 | 51% |
| At neutral sites | 7 | 3–3–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 96 | 69–23–4 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 44 | 17–24–3 | 42% |
His own 140 games on file, 1926–1947, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Mehre 1928–1945 | 4–5 | Georgia, Ole Miss | 9 | |
| Jess Neely 1940–1947 | 5–3 | Rice | 8 | |
| Jack Meagher 1935–1942 | 4–3–1 | Auburn | 8 | |
| Allyn McKeen 1939–1947 | 3–4–1 | Mississippi State | 8 | |
| Homer Norton 1942–1947 | 5–2 | Texas A&M | 7 | |
| Red Dawson 1936–1941 | 4–2 | Tulane | 6 | |
| Jimmy Kitts 1935–1939 | 4–1 | Rice | 5 | |
| Ray Morrison 1935–1939 | 4–1 | Vanderbilt | 5 | |
| Wallace Butts 1943–1947 | 4–1 | Georgia | 5 | |
| Claude Simons 1942–1945 | 3–1 | Tulane | 4 |
Bernie Moore’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Riceseries | 13 | 9–4 |
| Tulaneseries | 13 | 9–3–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 12 | 7–4–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 10 | 6–4 |
| Ole Missseries | 10 | 5–5 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 9 | 8–1 |
| Auburnseries | 8 | 4–3–1 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 7 | 5–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–25 | Sewanee | Line coach | |
| 1926–28 | Mercer | Head coach | |
| 1929–34 | LSU | Assistant coach | |
| 1935–47 | LSU | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Russ CohenLSU
- Biff JonesLSU
Assistants who became head coaches
- Burton IngwersenIowa
- Harry RabenhorstWake Forest, New Mexico Military
- Joel HuntGeorgia, Wyoming, East Texas Baptist
- Spike NelsonMississippi State, Yale
- Ears WhitworthAlabama, Oklahoma State
- Red SandersVanderbilt, UCLA, Riverside Military Academy
- Ted CoxTulane, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin River Falls
- Slick MortonVMI, Mississippi State, Saint Stanislaus (MS), SE Louisiana
- Gaynell TinsleyLSU, Louisiana Christian
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Cohen | LSU | 1929–31 | Assistant coach | |
| Biff Jones | LSU | 1932–34 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Ingwersen | LSU, 1935–44: assistant coach | Iowa | |
| Harry Rabenhorst | LSU, 1935–42: assistant coach | Wake Forest, New Mexico Military | |
| Joel Hunt | LSU, 1935–36, 1940–41, 1945–47: assistant coach | Georgia, Wyoming, East Texas Baptist | |
| Spike Nelson | LSU, 1935–37: line coach | Mississippi State, Yale | |
| Ears Whitworth | LSU, 1937: freshman coach; 1938: line coach | Alabama, Oklahoma State | |
| Red Sanders | LSU, 1939: assistant coach | Vanderbilt, UCLA, Riverside Military Academy | |
| Ted Cox | LSU, 1939–40: line coach | Tulane, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin River Falls | |
| Slick Morton | LSU, 1943–46: backfield and ends coach | VMI, Mississippi State, Saint Stanislaus (MS), SE Louisiana | |
| Gaynell Tinsley | LSU, 1947: assistant coach | LSU, Louisiana Christian |
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.