Bob Folwell
Bob Folwell went 43–14–4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1909 at Lafayette, 1910 at Lafayette, 1911 at Lafayette, 1920 at Navy, 1921 at Navy, 1922 at Navy, 1923 at Navy and 1924 at Navy. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 43–14–4 games on file
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1911 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Lafayette | 7–0–1 | |||
| 1910 | Lafayette | 7–2 | |||
| 1911 | Lafayette coached five of 10 games | 5–0 | |||
| 1912–19: not a college head coach | |||||
| 1920 | Navy | 6–2 | |||
| 1921 | Navy | 6–1 | |||
| 1922 | Navy | 5–2 | |||
| 1923 | Navy | 5–1–3 | Rose Bowl T | ||
| 1924 | Navy | 2–6 | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Wendell TaylorConsensus All‑American, 1922
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 8 | 5–2–1 | 69% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–0–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 26 | 13–9–4 | 58% |
| At home | 44 | 38–6 | 86% |
| On the road | 11 | 3–6–2 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 2–2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 48 | 40–7–1 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 13 | 3–7–3 | 35% |
His own 61 games on file, 1909–1924, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Roper 1910–1924 | 1–3–1 | Princeton | 5 | |
| Hugo Bezdek 1921–1924 | 1–3 | Penn State | 4 | |
| Pete Reynolds 1920–1922 | 3–0 | Bucknell | 3 | |
| Charles Daly 1920–1922 | 2–1 | Army | 3 |
Bob Folwell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Princetonseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| Bucknellseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Armyseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Penn Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Dickinsonseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Swarthmoreseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Western Reserveseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- John WhelchelNavy, Washington Redskins
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Whelchel | Navy, 1920–24: assistant coach | Navy, Washington Redskins |
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.