Blair Cherry
Blair Cherry went 32–10–1 as a head coach, 1947–1950, at Texas. Share
- Record
- 32–10–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 2 seasons
- Best season
- 1950 9–2, No. 3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Texas | 10–1 | 2nd | Sugar Bowl W | 5 | |
| 1948 | Texas | 7–3–1 | 2nd | Orange Bowl W | ||
| 1949 | Texas | 6–4 | T–3rd | |||
| 1950 | Texas | 9–2 | 1st | Cotton Bowl L | 3 |
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.
Players he coached
Max BumgardnerNo. 10 pick, 1948- Dick HarrisNo. 11 pick, 1949
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 12 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Against rivals | 27 | 21–5–1 | 80% |
| Conference games | 24 | 18–5–1 | 77% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 7–8–1 | 47% |
| At home | 20 | 16–3–1 | 83% |
| On the road | 15 | 12–3 | 80% |
| At neutral sites | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 38 | 30–7–1 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
His own 43 games on file, 1947–1950, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Meyer 1947–1950 | 3–1 | TCU | 4 | |
| Jess Neely 1947–1950 | 3–1 | Rice | 4 | |
| Bud Wilkinson 1947–1950 | 1–3 | Oklahoma | 4 | |
| Bob Woodruff 1947–1949 | 3–0 | Baylor | 3 | |
| Dell Morgan 1947–1950 | 3–0 | Texas Tech | 3 | |
| John Barnhill 1947–1949 | 3–0 | Arkansas | 3 | |
| Harry Stiteler 1948–1950 | 2–0–1 | Texas A&M | 3 | |
| Madison Bell 1947–1949 | 0–3 | SMU | 3 |
Blair Cherry’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansasseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Baylorseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Riceseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
| TCUseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| SMUseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Texas Techseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, TCU 1923
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–28 | Ranger HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1929 | North Side HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1930–36 | Amarillo HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1937–46 | Texas | Assistant coach | |
| 1947–50 | Texas | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dana BibleTexas
Assistants who became head coaches
- Clyde LittlefieldTexas
- Edwin PriceTexas
- J.T. KingTexas Tech
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Bible | Texas | 1937–46 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Littlefield | Texas, 1947–48: assistant coach | Texas | |
| Edwin Price | Texas, 1947–50: assistant coach | Texas | |
| J.T. King | Texas, 1950: assistant coach | Texas Tech |
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.