Doc Kennedy

Doc Kennedy went 53–⁠9–⁠4 as a head coach, 1904–⁠1910, at Kansas.

Record
53–⁠9–⁠4 career
Seasons
7
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1908 9–⁠0

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1638 in 1909
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1904Kansas8–⁠1–⁠1
1905Kansas10–⁠1
1906Kansas7–⁠2–⁠2
1907Kansas5–⁠3
1908Kansas9–⁠0
1909Kansas8–⁠1
1910Kansas6–⁠1–⁠1

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 rivals1812–⁠4–⁠2
Conference games117–⁠3–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer2214–⁠4–⁠4
At home4036–⁠3–⁠1
On the road2617–⁠6–⁠3
As our Elo’s favorite5950–⁠7–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog73–⁠2–⁠2

His own 66 games on file, 1904–⁠1910, 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
Bennie Owen 1905–⁠19106–⁠0Oklahoma6
Mike Ahearn 1905–⁠19083–⁠1Kansas State4
King Cole 1907–⁠19102–⁠2Nebraska4
W.J. Monilaw 1906–⁠19082–⁠0–⁠1Missouri3

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Oklahomaseries77–⁠0
Washburnseries75–⁠1–⁠1
Missouriseries74–⁠1–⁠2
Kansas Stateseries65–⁠1
St. Mary’s (Kansas)series55–⁠0
Nebraskaseries53–⁠2
Washington St. Louisseries44–⁠0
Emporia Stateseries44–⁠0