Bert Waters
Bert Waters went 7–4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1896 at Harvard. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 7–4 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1896 7–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Harvard | 7–4 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Norman CabotConsensus All‑American, 1896- Edgar WrightingtonConsensus All‑American, 1896
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| At home | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| On the road | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 7–2 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own 11 games on file, 1896, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Cornellseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Brownseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Williamsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Trinity (CT)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Carlisleseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Wesleyan (CT)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Newton A.C.series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Princetonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: Bert Waters’s playing career.