Bill Armstrong
Bill Armstrong went 19–5 as a head coach in the games on file: 1897 at Navy, 1898 at Navy and 1899 at Navy. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1897, 8–1); by them his record is 20–5. Share
- Record
- 19–5 games on file
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1897 7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Navy | 7–1 (Wikipedia: 8–1) | ||
| 1898 | Navy | 7–1 | ||
| 1899 | Navy | 5–3 |
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 rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 8–2 | 80% |
| At home | 22 | 18–4 | 82% |
| On the road | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 21 | 19–2 | 90% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
His own 24 games on file, 1897–1899, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Newton 1897–1899 | 3–1 | Penn State, Lafayette | 4 |
Bill Armstrong’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penn Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Lehighseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Princetonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Virginiaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Lafayetteseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Georgetownseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bucknellseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Also a player: Bill Armstrong’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Paul DashiellNavy
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dashiell | Navy, 1897–99: assistant coach | Navy |
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.