Charles B. Mason

Charles B. Mason went 1–⁠6 as a head coach in the games on file: 1895 at Kentucky, 1897 at Colgate, 1898 at Colgate and 1901 at Colgate. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1895, 4–⁠5, 1897, 5–⁠2–⁠1, 1898, 2–⁠5–⁠1 and 1901, 2–⁠5); by them his record is 13–⁠17–⁠2.

Record
1–⁠6 games on file
Seasons
4
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1897 1–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1478 in 1895
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1895Kentucky0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠5)
1896: not a college head coach
1897Colgate1–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 5–⁠2–⁠1)
1898Colgate0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 2–⁠5–⁠1)
1899–⁠00: not a college head coach
1901Colgate0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 2–⁠5)

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 fewer20–⁠2
On the road71–⁠6
As our Elo’s favorite21–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog50–⁠5

His own seven games on file, 1895–⁠1901, 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
Williamsseries31–⁠2
Cornellseries30–⁠3
Purdueseries10–⁠1