Douglas Legate Howard
Douglas Legate Howard went 25–7–4 as a head coach, 1911–1914, at Navy. Share
- Record
- 25–7–4 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1913 7–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Navy | 6–0–3 | ||||
| 1912 | Navy | 6–3 | ||||
| 1913 | Navy | 7–1–1 | ||||
| 1914 | Navy | 6–3 |
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.
Players he coached
Jack DaltonConsensus All‑American, 1911- John BrownConsensus All‑American, 1913
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 6–2–4 | 67% |
| At home | 31 | 23–4–4 | 81% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 32 | 22–6–4 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
His own 36 games on file, 1911–1914, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Armyseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| NC Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Western Reserveseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Pittsburghseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Georgetownseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Johns Hopkinsseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| New York Universityseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Penn Stateseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Navy 1905
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Elmer McDevittNorthwestern, Denver
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer McDevitt | Navy, 1912: line coach | Northwestern, Denver |
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.