E.T. McDonald
E.T. McDonald went 15–13–2 as a head coach, 1914–1917, at LSU and Wake Forest. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1917 at Wake Forest. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 15–13–2 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1916 7–1–2
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | LSU | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1915 | LSU | 6–2 | ||||
| 1916 | LSU coached five of 10 games | 4–1 | ||||
| 1917 | Wake Forest * | 1–6–1 |
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 | 9 | 5–3–1 | 61% |
| Conference games | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 2–3–1 | 42% |
| At home | 15 | 11–4 | 73% |
| On the road | 7 | 3–3–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 15 | 11–4 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 7 | 3–3–1 | 50% |
His own 22 games on file, 1914–1916, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Collegeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Jeffersonseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Louisianaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Arkansasseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Ole Missseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Tulaneseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |