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Dick Bedesem

Dick Bedesem went 30–⁠35–⁠1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1975 at Villanova, 1976 at Villanova, 1977 at Villanova, 1978 at Villanova, 1979 at Villanova and 1980 at Villanova. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records.

Record
30–⁠35–⁠1 games on file
Seasons
6
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1976 6–⁠4–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1497 in 1980
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1975Villanova4–⁠7
1976Villanova6–⁠4–⁠1
1977Villanova4–⁠7
1978Villanova5–⁠6
1979Villanova5–⁠6
1980Villanova6–⁠5

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams20–⁠2
Against top-10 teams10–⁠1
Against rivals123–⁠8–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer2610–⁠15–⁠1
At home2815–⁠13
On the road3614–⁠21–⁠1
At neutral sites21–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite3318–⁠15
As our Elo’s underdog3312–⁠20–⁠1

His own 66 games on file, 1975–⁠1980, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Wayne Hardin 1975–⁠19802–⁠4Temple6
Jerry Claiborne 1975–⁠19800–⁠5Maryland5
Neil Wheelwright 1976–⁠19804–⁠0Holy Cross4
Jim Tait 1976–⁠19792–⁠1Richmond3
Ed Chlebek 1978–⁠19802–⁠1Boston College3
Joseph Yukica 1975–⁠19771–⁠2Boston College3

Dick Bedesem’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Boston Collegeseries63–⁠3
Templeseries62–⁠4
Delawareseries61–⁠4–⁠1
Holy Crossseries55–⁠0
Youngstown Stateseries52–⁠3
Marylandseries50–⁠5
Richmondseries42–⁠2
Marshallseries33–⁠0