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Bob Smith

Bob Smith went 4–⁠15 as a head coach in the games on file: 1946 at Furman and 1947 at Furman. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1947, 2–⁠6); by them his record is 4–⁠14.

Record
4–⁠15 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1947 2–⁠7

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1227 in 1947
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1946Furman2–⁠8
1947Furman2–⁠7 (Wikipedia: 2–⁠6)

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 ranked teams30–⁠3
Against top-10 teams30–⁠3
Against rivals44–⁠0
Conference games102–⁠8
Decided by 8 points or fewer41–⁠3
At home72–⁠5
On the road122–⁠10
As our Elo’s favorite32–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog162–⁠14

His own 19 games on file, 1946–⁠1947, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
The Citadelseries22–⁠0
Woffordseries22–⁠0
Georgia Techseries20–⁠2
Georgiaseries20–⁠2
Clemsonseries20–⁠2
Davidsonseries20–⁠2
South Carolinaseries20–⁠2
Auburnseries10–⁠1

Also a player: Bob Smith’s playing career.