Carroll Widdoes
Carroll Widdoes went 28–14–2 as a head coach, 1944–1957, at Ohio State and Ohio. Wikipedia’s season articles record seven seasons differently (1949, 4–4–1, 1950, 6–4, 1953, 6–2–1, 1954, 6–3, 1955, 5–4, 1956, 2–7 and 1957, 2–6–1); by them his record is 58–38–5. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1951–52 at Ohio (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 28–14–2 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1944 9–0, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Ohio State | 9–0 | 1st | 2 | ||
| 1945 | Ohio State | 7–2 | 3rd | 12 | ||
| 1946–48: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1949 | Ohio | 1–0 (Wikipedia: 4–4–1) | 3rd | |||
| 1950 | Ohio | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–4) | 3rd | |||
| 1951 | Ohio * | 5–4–1 | 4th | |||
| 1952 | Ohio * | 6–2–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1953 | Ohio | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–2–1) | 1st | |||
| 1954 | Ohio | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–3) | 2nd | |||
| 1955 | Ohio | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 5–4) | 4th | |||
| 1956 | Ohio | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 2–7) | T–4th | |||
| 1957 | Ohio | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 2–6–1) | 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.
Players he coached
Bill HackettConsensus All‑American, 1944- Jack DuggerConsensus All‑American, 1944
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 6–3 | 67% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Conference games | 13 | 11–2 | 85% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| At home | 13 | 12–1 | 92% |
| On the road | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 16 | 14–2 | 88% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
His own 25 games on file, 1944–1957, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Eliot 1944–1950 | 2–1 | Illinois | 3 |
Carroll Widdoes’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Illinoisseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Harvardseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Minnesotaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Missouriseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Pittsburghseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Wisconsinseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Iowaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Indianaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941–43 | Ohio State | Assistant coach | |
| 1944–45 | Ohio State | Head coach | |
| 1946–48 | Ohio State | Assistant coach | |
| 1949–57 | Ohio | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul BrownOhio State
- Paul BixlerOhio State
- Wesley FeslerOhio State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Paul BixlerOhio State, Colgate
- Trevor ReesKent State
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Brown | Ohio State | 1941–43 | Assistant coach | |
| Paul Bixler | Ohio State | 1946 | Assistant coach | |
| Wesley Fesler | Ohio State | 1947–48 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Bixler | Ohio State, 1945: assistant coach | Ohio State, Colgate | |
| Trevor Rees | Ohio State, 1945: assistant coach | Kent State |
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.