Christie Benet, head coach at South Carolina
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Christie Benet

Christie Benet went 3–⁠11–⁠1 as a head coach, 1904–⁠1909, at South Carolina. Wikipedia’s season articles record three seasons differently (1904, 4–⁠3–⁠1, 1905, 4–⁠2–⁠1 and 1908, 3–⁠5–⁠1); by them his record is 13–⁠16–⁠3.

Record
3–⁠11–⁠1 career
Seasons
4
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1904 1–⁠1–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1527 in 1904
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1904South Carolina1–⁠1–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠3–⁠1)
1905South Carolina0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠2–⁠1)
1906–⁠07: not a college head coach
1908South Carolina0–⁠3 (Wikipedia: 3–⁠5–⁠1)
1909South Carolina2–⁠6

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals51–⁠4
Decided by 8 points or fewer83–⁠4–⁠1
At home62–⁠4
On the road91–⁠7–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite42–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog111–⁠9–⁠1

His own 15 games on file, 1904–⁠1909, 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
Georgiaseries21–⁠1
North Carolinaseries20–⁠2
Davidsonseries20–⁠2
The Citadelseries11–⁠0
Charlestonseries11–⁠0
Georgia Techseries10–⁠1
NC Stateseries10–⁠0–⁠1
Wake Forestseries10–⁠1