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Blandy Clarkson

Blandy Clarkson went 44–⁠21–⁠2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1920 at VMI, 1921 at VMI, 1922 at VMI, 1923 at VMI, 1924 at VMI, 1925 at VMI and 1926 at VMI. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records.

Record
44–⁠21–⁠2 games on file
Seasons
7
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1920 9–⁠0

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1654 in 1923
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1920VMI9–⁠0
1921VMI3–⁠5–⁠1
1922VMI7–⁠2
1923VMI9–⁠1
1924VMI6–⁠3–⁠1
1925VMI5–⁠5
1926VMI5–⁠5

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 rivals94–⁠4–⁠1
Conference games3013–⁠15–⁠2
Decided by 8 points or fewer227–⁠13–⁠2
At home4135–⁠6
On the road269–⁠15–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite4638–⁠8
As our Elo’s underdog216–⁠13–⁠2

His own 67 games on file, 1920–⁠1926, 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
William Fetzer 1920–⁠19252–⁠4NC State, North Carolina6
B.C. Cubbage 1921–⁠19251–⁠3–⁠1Virginia Tech5
Greasy Neale 1923–⁠19261–⁠3Virginia4
William Alexander 1923–⁠19260–⁠4Georgia Tech4
Harry Hartsell 1921–⁠19232–⁠0–⁠1NC State3
Fred Murphy 1924–⁠19262–⁠1Kentucky3

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
NC Stateseries76–⁠0–⁠1
Roanokeseries76–⁠1
Virginiaseries73–⁠4
North Carolinaseries72–⁠5
Virginia Techseries72–⁠4–⁠1
Kentuckyseries42–⁠2
Georgia Techseries40–⁠4
Hampden Sydneyseries33–⁠0