Doug Fessenden
Doug Fessenden went 28–33–3 as a head coach in the games on file: 1935 at Montana, 1936 at Montana, 1939 at Montana, 1940 at Montana, 1946 at Montana, 1947 at Montana and 1948 at Montana. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 28–33–3 games on file
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1936 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Montana | 1–5–2 | ||
| 1936 | Montana | 6–3 | ||
| 1937–38: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1939 | Montana | 3–6 | ||
| 1940 | Montana | 4–4–1 | ||
| 1941–45: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1946 | Montana | 4–4 | ||
| 1947 | Montana | 7–4 | ||
| 1948 | Montana | 3–7 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 18 | 14–4 | 78% |
| Conference games | 26 | 6–19–1 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 7–9–3 | 45% |
| At home | 24 | 14–8–2 | 63% |
| On the road | 32 | 8–23–1 | 27% |
| At neutral sites | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 29 | 22–6–1 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 6–27–2 | 20% |
His own 64 games on file, 1935–1948, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Bank 1935–1940 | 3–1 | Idaho | 4 | |
| O.E. Hollingbery 1935–1940 | 0–3 | Washington State | 3 | |
| E. Lowell Romney 1946–1948 | 0–3 | Utah State | 3 |
Doug Fessenden’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana Stateseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| Idahoseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Washington Stateseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Eastern Washingtonseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Gonzagaseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| Portlandseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| UCLAseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Washingtonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Adolph LewandowskiNebraska
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolph Lewandowski | Montana, 1935–36: assistant coach | Nebraska |
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.