David Cropp
David Cropp went 25–6–1 as a head coach, 1899–1904, at Cornell, Dakota University and Colorado. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1899 at Cornell; 1901 at Dakota University. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 25–6–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1903 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Cornell * | 5–2 | ||||
| 1900: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1901 | Dakota University * | 6–0 | ||||
| 1902: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1903 | Colorado | 8–2 | 1st | |||
| 1904 | Colorado | 6–2–1 | ||||
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 | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| Conference games | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58% |
| At home | 8 | 7–1 | 88% |
| On the road | 11 | 7–3–1 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 14–3–1 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own 19 games on file, 1903–1904, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Utahseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Denverseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Kansasseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Boulder Highseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Cornell (IA) | Head coach | |
| 1901 | Dakota University | Head coach | |
| 1903–04 | Colorado | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.