Bill Church
Bill Church went 5–3–1 as a head coach, 1897, at Purdue. Share
- Record
- 5–3–1 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1897 5–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Purdue | 5–3–1 |
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 | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 2–0–1 | 83% |
| At home | 6 | 4–1–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 5–1–1 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own nine games on file, 1897, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DePauwseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Indianaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Missouriseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Illinois Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Michiganseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Illinoisseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Oberlinseries | 1 | 0–1 |