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Bill Campbell

Bill Campbell went 12–⁠41–⁠1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1974 at Columbia, 1975 at Columbia, 1976 at Columbia, 1977 at Columbia, 1978 at Columbia and 1979 at Columbia. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records.

Record
12–⁠41–⁠1 games on file
Seasons
6
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1978 3–⁠5–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1348 in 1976
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1974Columbia1–⁠8
1975Columbia2–⁠7
1976Columbia3–⁠6
1977Columbia2–⁠7
1978Columbia3–⁠5–⁠1
1979Columbia1–⁠8

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals62–⁠4
Conference games428–⁠33–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer157–⁠7–⁠1
At home289–⁠19
On the road263–⁠22–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite138–⁠5
As our Elo’s underdog414–⁠36–⁠1

His own 54 games on file, 1974–⁠1979, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Joseph Restic 1974–⁠19791–⁠5Harvard6
Carmen Cozza 1974–⁠19790–⁠5–⁠1Yale6
John Anderson 1974–⁠19790–⁠6Brown6
Jake Crouthamel 1974–⁠19770–⁠4Dartmouth4
Robert Casciola 1974–⁠19770–⁠4Princeton4
Frank Burns 1975–⁠19780–⁠3Rutgers3
Bob Blackman 1977–⁠19790–⁠3Cornell3

Bill Campbell’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Pennsylvaniaseries64–⁠2
Lafayetteseries63–⁠3
Cornellseries62–⁠4
Harvardseries61–⁠5
Princetonseries61–⁠5
Yaleseries60–⁠5–⁠1
Dartmouthseries60–⁠6
Brownseries60–⁠6