Cappy Cappon
Cappy Cappon went 13–14–4 as a head coach, 1923–1927, at Luther and Kansas. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923–24 at Luther. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 13–14–4 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1927 3–4–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Luther * | 4–1–2 | ||||
| 1924 | Luther * | 4–3–1 | T–13th | |||
| 1925: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1926 | Kansas | 2–6 | 9th | |||
| 1927 | Kansas | 3–4–1 | T–5th | |||
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 | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Conference games | 13 | 4–8–1 | 35% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 4–0–1 | 90% |
| At home | 9 | 4–4–1 | 50% |
| On the road | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 1–0–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 14 | 4–10 | 29% |
His own 16 games on file, 1926–1927, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Grinnellseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Missouriseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Drakeseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Wisconsinseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Washburnseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–24 | Luther (IA) | Head coach | |
| 1925 | Michigan | Ends and backs coach | |
| 1926–27 | Kansas | Head coach | |
| 1928–37 | Michigan | Assistant coach | |
| 1938 | Princeton | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Fielding YostMichigan
- Tad WiemanMichigan, Princeton
- Harry KipkeMichigan
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fielding Yost | Michigan | 1925 | Ends and backs coach | |
| Tad Wieman | Michigan | 1928 | Assistant coach | |
| Harry Kipke | Michigan | 1929–37 | Assistant coach | |
| Tad Wieman | Princeton | 1938 | 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.