Dallas Ward
Dallas Ward went 63–41–6 as a head coach, 1948–1958, at Colorado. Share
- Record
- 63–41–6 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1956 8–2–1, No. 20
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Colorado | 3–6 | 4th | |||
| 1949 | Colorado | 3–7 | 6th | |||
| 1950 | Colorado | 5–4–1 | 6th | |||
| 1951 | Colorado | 7–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1952 | Colorado | 6–2–2 | T–4th | |||
| 1953 | Colorado | 6–4 | T–4th | |||
| 1954 | Colorado | 7–2–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1955 | Colorado | 6–4 | T–3rd | |||
| 1956 | Colorado | 8–2–1 | 2nd | Orange Bowl W | 20 | |
| 1957 | Colorado | 6–3–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1958 | Colorado | 6–4 | 3rd |
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 | 12 | 1–10–1 | 13% |
| Against top-10 teams | 10 | 0–9–1 | 5% |
| Against rivals | 44 | 32–10–2 | 75% |
| Conference games | 64 | 31–29–4 | 52% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 42 | 16–20–6 | 45% |
| At home | 55 | 35–18–2 | 65% |
| On the road | 54 | 27–23–4 | 54% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 75 | 52–19–4 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 11–22–2 | 34% |
His own 110 games on file, 1948–1958, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Faurot 1948–1956 | 1–6–2 | Missouri | 9 | |
| Bud Wilkinson 1950–1958 | 0–8–1 | Oklahoma | 9 | |
| Jack Curtice 1950–1957 | 7–0–1 | Utah | 8 | |
| Robert Davis 1948–1955 | 5–3 | Colorado State | 8 | |
| William Glassford 1949–1955 | 3–3–1 | Nebraska | 7 | |
| Abe Stuber 1948–1953 | 3–3 | Iowa State | 6 | |
| Jules Sikes 1948–1953 | 2–4 | Kansas | 6 | |
| Warren Woodson 1952–1956 | 5–0 | Arizona | 5 | |
| Bernard Mertes 1955–1958 | 4–0 | Kansas State | 4 | |
| Bill Meek 1951–1954 | 3–1 | Kansas State | 4 |
Dallas Ward’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Utahseries | 11 | 9–1–1 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 11 | 9–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 11 | 8–3 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 11 | 7–4 |
| Nebraskaseries | 11 | 7–3–1 |
| Kansasseries | 11 | 6–5 |
| Missouriseries | 11 | 1–8–2 |
| Oklahomaseries | 9 | 0–8–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936–41 | Minnesota | Assistant coach | |
| 1942 | Iowa Pre-Flight service team | Assistant coach | |
| 1945–47 | Minnesota | Backfield coach | |
| 1948–58 | Colorado | Head coach | |
| 1962 | Colorado | Defense |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bernie BiermanMinnesota, Iowa Pre-Flight
- Bud DavisColorado
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Bierman | Minnesota | 1936–47 | 1936–41: assistant coach; 1945–47: backfield coach | |
| Bernie Bierman | Iowa Pre-Flight service team | 1942 | Assistant coach | |
| Bud Davis | Colorado | 1962 | Defense |
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.