Bill Horr
Bill Horr went 6–14–1 as a head coach, 1909–1912, at Northwestern and Purdue. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1910–11 at Purdue (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 6–14–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1912 4–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Northwestern | 1–3–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1910 | Purdue * | 1–5 | 8th | |||
| 1911 | Purdue * | 3–4 | 6th | |||
| 1912 | Purdue coached three of seven games | 1–2 | T–3rd |
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Conference games | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| At home | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| On the road | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 1–0–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
His own eight games on file, 1909–1912, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chicagoseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Wisconsinseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| DePauwseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Purdueseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Illinois Wesleyanseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
| Illinoisseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Syracuse 1908 (his playing career)
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Northwestern | Head coach | |
| 1910–12 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 1914–23 | Syracuse | Line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank “Buck” O’NeillSyracuse
- William HollenbackSyracuse
- Chick MeehanSyracuse
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank “Buck” O’Neill | Syracuse | 1914–19 | Line coach | |
| William Hollenback | Syracuse | 1916 | Line coach | |
| Chick Meehan | Syracuse | 1920–23 | Line coach |
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.