Clarence Childs, head coach at Indiana
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Clarence Childs

Clarence Childs went 8–⁠10–⁠3 as a head coach, 1913–⁠1915, at Wooster and Indiana.

One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1913 at Wooster. It’s marked in the table.

Record
8–⁠10–⁠3 career
Seasons
3
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1915 3–⁠3–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1422 in 1915
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1913Wooster *2–⁠3–⁠2T–8th
1914Indiana3–⁠48th
1915Indiana3–⁠3–⁠18th

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals30–⁠3
Conference games92–⁠7
Decided by 8 points or fewer73–⁠3–⁠1
At home75–⁠2
On the road71–⁠5–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite75–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog71–⁠5–⁠1

His own 14 games on file, 1914–⁠1915, 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
Northwesternseries22–⁠0
DePauwseries22–⁠0
Miami (OH)series22–⁠0
Chicagoseries20–⁠2
Ohio Stateseries20–⁠2
Purdueseries20–⁠2
Illinoisseries10–⁠1
Washington and Leeseries10–⁠0–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1913WoosterHead coach
1914–⁠15IndianaHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.