D.V. Graves
D.V. Graves went 27–14–4 as a head coach, 1911–1921, at Alabama, Texas A&M and Montana State. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1920, 4–1–1 and 1921, 2–4); by them his record is 33–18–4. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1914 at Alabama (on file under another coach); 1918 at Texas A&M. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 27–14–4 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1913 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Alabama | 5–2–2 | ||||
| 1912 | Alabama | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1913 | Alabama | 6–3 | ||||
| 1914 | Alabama * | 5–4 | ||||
| 1915–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1918 | Texas A&M * | 6–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1919: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1920 | Montana State | 0–0–1 (Wikipedia: 4–1–1) | ||||
| 1921 | Montana State | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 2–4) | ||||
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 rivals | 12 | 4–6–2 | 42% |
| Conference games | 17 | 9–6–2 | 59% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 14 | 4–6–4 | 43% |
| At home | 18 | 11–5–2 | 67% |
| On the road | 11 | 5–4–2 | 55% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 19 | 15–3–1 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 10 | 1–6–3 | 25% |
His own 29 games on file, 1911–1921, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.A. Cunningham 1911–1913 | 0–3 | Georgia | 3 | |
| William Chadwick 1911–1913 | 0–2–1 | Mississippi State | 3 |
D.V. Graves’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Birminghamseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Georgiaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Sewaneeseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Samfordseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Tennesseeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Marionseries | 2 | 2–0 |