Chet Benefiel
Chet Benefiel went 11–8–1 as a head coach, 1939–1940, at Tulsa. Share
- Record
- 11–8–1 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1940 7–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Tulsa | 4–5–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1940 | Tulsa | 7–3 | 1st |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 8 | 6–1–1 | 81% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 5–3–1 | 61% |
| At home | 13 | 8–4–1 | 65% |
| On the road | 7 | 3–4 | 43% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 15 | 9–5–1 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
His own 20 games on file, 1939–1940, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Creightonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| TCUseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Detroit Mercyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Saint Louisseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Catholicseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Arkansasseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Drakeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936–38 | Tulsa | Assistant coach | |
| 1939–40 | Tulsa | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Vic HurtTulsa
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.