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Bud Saunders
Bud Saunders went 26–34–8 as a head coach, 1911–1926, at William Jewell, Haskell, Grinnell and Clemson. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1911 at William Jewell; 1918–19 at Haskell; 1920–21 at Grinnell. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 26–34–8 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1923 5–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | William Jewell * | 2–3–5 | ||||
| 1912–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1918 | Haskell * | 1–4 | ||||
| 1919 | Haskell * | 8–2–1 | ||||
| 1920 | Grinnell * | 3–3–1 | 7th | |||
| 1921 | Grinnell * | 2–5 | 9th | |||
| 1922: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1923 | Clemson | 5–2–1 | T–11th | |||
| 1924 | Clemson | 2–6 | T–19th | |||
| 1925 | Clemson | 1–7 | T–20th | |||
| 1926 | Clemson coached four of nine games | 2–2 | ||||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 8 | 2–5–1 | 31% |
| Conference games | 12 | 2–9–1 | 21% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 5–4–1 | 55% |
| At home | 14 | 7–6–1 | 54% |
| On the road | 14 | 3–11 | 21% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 6–3 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 19 | 4–14–1 | 24% |
His own 28 games on file, 1923–1926, 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
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Johnson 1923–1926 | 2–2 | Presbyterian | 4 | |
| Billy Laval 1923–1925 | 1–2 | Furman | 3 |
Bud Saunders’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Presbyterianseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Auburnseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
| Furmanseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| South Carolinaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Davidsonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| The Citadelseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Virginia Techseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| NC Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | William Jewell | Head coach | |
| 1914 | Missouri Mines | Assistant coach | |
| 1918–19 | Haskell | Head coach | |
| 1920–21 | Grinnell | Head coach | |
| 1922 | Knox (IL) | Assistant coach | |
| 1923–26 | Clemson | Head coach | |
| 1928–31 | Illinois College | Backfield coach | |
| 1933 | Knox (IL) | Assistant coach | |
| 1935 | Knox (IL) | Freshman coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Thomas KelleyMissouri S&T
- Pete ReynoldsKnox
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Kelley | Missouri S&T | 1914 | Assistant coach | |
| Pete Reynolds | Knox | 1935 | Freshman 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.