Charles Bowser
Charles Bowser went 40–47–7 as a head coach, 1924–1942, at Grove City, Bowdoin and Pittsburgh. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1924–26 at Grove City; 1930–34 at Bowdoin. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 40–47–7 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1939 5–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Grove City * | 3–5–1 | ||||
| 1925 | Grove City * | 7–1 | ||||
| 1926 | Grove City * | 7–0 | ||||
| 1927–29: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1930 | Bowdoin * | 4–2–1 | ||||
| 1931 | Bowdoin * | 0–7 | ||||
| 1932 | Bowdoin * | 2–3–2 | ||||
| 1933 | Bowdoin * | 3–3–1 | ||||
| 1934 | Bowdoin * | 0–6–1 | ||||
| 1935–38: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1939 | Pittsburgh | 5–4 | ||||
| 1940 | Pittsburgh | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1941 | Pittsburgh | 3–6 | ||||
| 1942 | Pittsburgh | 3–6 | ||||
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 ranked teams | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 7–8–1 | 47% |
| At home | 22 | 11–10–1 | 52% |
| On the road | 12 | 3–9 | 25% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 19 | 11–7–1 | 61% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 3–13 | 19% |
His own 35 games on file, 1939–1942, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Higgins 1939–1942 | 1–3 | Penn State | 4 | |
| Biff Jones 1939–1941 | 1–2 | Nebraska | 3 | |
| Jimmy Crowley 1939–1941 | 1–2 | Fordham | 3 | |
| Wallace Wade 1939–1941 | 1–2 | Duke | 3 |
Charles Bowser’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellonseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Dukeseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Penn Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Fordhamseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| SMUseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Also a player: Charles Bowser’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Grove City | Assistant coach | |
| 1924–26 | Grove City | Head coach | |
| 1927–29 | Pittsburgh | Assistant coach | |
| 1930–34 | Bowdoin | Head coach | |
| 1935–37 | Pittsburgh | Assistant coach | |
| 1939–42 | Pittsburgh | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jock SutherlandPittsburgh
Assistants who became head coaches
- John MichelosenPittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Forest EvashevskiWashington State, Iowa, Hamilton
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jock Sutherland | Pittsburgh | 1927–37 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Michelosen | Pittsburgh, 1939: assistant coach | Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Forest Evashevski | Pittsburgh, 1942: assistant coach | Washington State, Iowa, Hamilton |
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.