Boozer Pitts
Boozer Pitts went 7–11–6 as a head coach, 1923–1927, at Auburn. Share
- Record
- 7–11–6 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1924 4–4–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Auburn | 3–3–3 | 14th | |||
| 1924 | Auburn | 4–4–1 | 17th | |||
| 1925–26: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1927 | Auburn 3rd season, final 6 games | 0–4–2 | 22nd | |||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 14 | 2–8–4 | 29% |
| Conference games | 16 | 2–9–5 | 28% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 2–5–6 | 38% |
| At home | 11 | 6–4–1 | 59% |
| On the road | 13 | 1–7–5 | 27% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 7–1–4 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 0–10–2 | 8% |
His own 24 games on file, 1923–1927, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Woodruff 1923–1927 | 0–3 | Georgia | 3 | |
| William Alexander 1923–1927 | 0–2–1 | Georgia Tech | 3 |
Boozer Pitts’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Samfordseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Georgia Techseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 0–1–2 |
| Birmingham-Southernseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| LSUseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Clemsonseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Fort Benningseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919–22 | Auburn | Assistant coach | |
| 1923–24 | Auburn | Head coach | |
| 1925–27 | Auburn | Assistant coach | |
| 1927 | Auburn | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mike DonahueAuburn
- David MoreyAuburn
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Donahue | Auburn | 1919–22 | Assistant coach | |
| David Morey | Auburn | 1925–27 | Assistant 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.