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Clem Crowe
Clem Crowe went 72–68–5 as a head coach, 1926–1945, at Saint Vincent, Xavier and Iowa. Share
14 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1926–31 at Saint Vincent; 1936–43 at Xavier (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 72–68–5 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1935 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Saint Vincent * | 3–5 | ||||
| 1927 | Saint Vincent * | 1–6–1 | ||||
| 1928 | Saint Vincent * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1929 | Saint Vincent * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1930 | Saint Vincent * | 4–6 | ||||
| 1931 | Saint Vincent * | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1932–34: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | Xavier | 6–3 | ||||
| 1936 | Xavier * | 6–4 | ||||
| 1937 | Xavier * | 4–5–1 | ||||
| 1938 | Xavier * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1939 | Xavier * | 3–5–1 | ||||
| 1940 | Xavier * | 7–3 | ||||
| 1941 | Xavier * | 9–1 | ||||
| 1942 | Xavier * | 4–5 | ||||
| 1943 | Xavier * | 1–6 | ||||
| 1944: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1945 | Iowa | 2–7 | T–8th | |||
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 | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Conference games | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| At home | 12 | 7–5 | 58% |
| On the road | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 3–9 | 25% |
His own 18 games on file, 1935–1945, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Centreseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Centenary (LA)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Haskellseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Saint Louisseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Transylvaniaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgetown (Kentucky)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Berg Fieldseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Notre Dame 1925
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–31 | Saint Vincent | Head coach | |
| 1932–35 | Xavier | Line coach | |
| 1935–43 | Xavier | Head coach | |
| 1944 | Notre Dame | Assistant coach | |
| 1945 | Iowa | Head coach | |
| 1949 | Buffalo Bills NFL | AAFC | |
| 1950 | Baltimore Colts NFL | NFL | |
| 1951–54 | Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian football | CFL | |
| 1956–58 | BC Lions Canadian football | CFL |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ed McKeeverNotre Dame
- Red DawsonBuffalo Bills
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed McKeever | Notre Dame | 1944 | Assistant coach | |
| Red Dawson | Buffalo Bills NFL | 1949 | AAFC |
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.