Chalmer Woodward
Chalmer Woodward went 19–20–1 as a head coach, 1953–1956, at SMU. Share
- Record
- 19–20–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1954 6–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | SMU | 5–5 | ||
| 1954 | SMU | 6–3–1 | ||
| 1955 | SMU | 4–6 | ||
| 1956 | SMU | 4–6 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Conference games | 24 | 11–12–1 | 48% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 10–8–1 | 55% |
| At home | 19 | 9–10 | 47% |
| On the road | 21 | 10–10–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 15 | 10–5 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 25 | 9–15–1 | 38% |
His own 40 games on file, 1953–1956, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Faurot 1953–1956 | 4–0 | Missouri | 4 | |
| Jess Neely 1953–1956 | 4–0 | Rice | 4 | |
| Abe Martin 1953–1956 | 1–3 | TCU | 4 | |
| Edwin Price 1953–1956 | 1–2–1 | Texas | 4 | |
| Bobby Dodd 1953–1956 | 0–4 | Georgia Tech | 4 | |
| George Sauer 1953–1955 | 1–2 | Baylor | 3 | |
| Bear Bryant 1954–1956 | 1–2 | Texas A&M | 3 | |
| Terry Brennan 1954–1956 | 1–2 | Notre Dame | 3 |
Chalmer Woodward’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouriseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Riceseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Arkansasseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Notre Dameseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Baylorseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Texasseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| TCUseries | 4 | 1–3 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bo HaganRice
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Hagan | SMU, 1954–55: backfield coach | Rice |
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.