Chester Brewer
Chester Brewer went 14–16–3 as a head coach in the games on file: 1908 at Michigan State, 1910 at Michigan State, 1911 at Missouri, 1912 at Missouri, 1913 at Missouri, 1917 at Michigan State and 1919 at Michigan State. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1908, 6–0–2, 1910, 6–1, 1917, 0–9 and 1919, 4–4–1); by them his record is 30–22–5. Share
- Record
- 14–16–3 games on file
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1913 7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Michigan State | 0–0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–0–2) | ||
| 1909: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1910 | Michigan State | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–1) | ||
| 1911 | Missouri | 2–4–2 | ||
| 1912 | Missouri | 5–3 | ||
| 1913 | Missouri | 7–1 | ||
| 1914–16: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1917 | Michigan State | 0–4 (Wikipedia: 0–9) | ||
| 1918: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1919 | Michigan State | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 4–4–1) | ||
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 rivals | 18 | 4–12–2 | 28% |
| Conference games | 13 | 6–5–2 | 54% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 4–6–3 | 42% |
| At home | 17 | 10–5–2 | 65% |
| On the road | 16 | 4–11–1 | 28% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 17 | 10–6–1 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 4–10–2 | 31% |
His own 33 games on file, 1908–1919, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fielding Yost 1908–1919 | 0–3–1 | Michigan | 4 | |
| Bennie Owen 1911–1913 | 2–1 | Oklahoma | 3 |
Chester Brewer’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Michiganseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
| Missouri–Rollaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Washington St. Louisseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Drakeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Notre Dameseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Henry SchulteMissouri, Nebraska, Eastern Michigan, Southeast Missouri State
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Schulte | Missouri, 1913: assistant coach | Missouri, Nebraska, Eastern Michigan, Southeast Missouri 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.