Carl Forkum

Carl Forkum went 0–⁠4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1905 at West Virginia and 1906 at West Virginia. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1905, 6–⁠3 and 1906, 5–⁠5); by them his record is 11–⁠8.

Record
0–⁠4 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1905 0–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1441 in 1905
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1905West Virginia0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 6–⁠3)
1906West Virginia0–⁠3 (Wikipedia: 5–⁠5)

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 rivals30–⁠3
Decided by 8 points or fewer10–⁠1
On the road40–⁠4
As our Elo’s underdog40–⁠4

His own four games on file, 1905–⁠1906, 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
Penn Stateseries20–⁠2
Pittsburghseries10–⁠1
Washington & Jeffersonseries10–⁠1