Earl Able
Earl Able went 10–6–2 as a head coach, 1923–1924, at Mississippi State. Share
- Record
- 10–6–2 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1923 5–2–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Mississippi State | 5–2–2 | ||
| 1924 | Mississippi State | 5–4 |
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 rivals | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 10 | 5–3–2 | 60% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 11 | 7–2–2 | 73% |
| At home | 11 | 9–1–1 | 86% |
| On the road | 7 | 1–5–1 | 21% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 10 | 8–2 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 2–4–2 | 38% |
His own 18 games on file, 1923–1924, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ole Missseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Millsapsseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Tennesseeseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Ouachitaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Floridaseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| LSUseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Mississippi Collegeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Charles NobleMississippi College, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Noble | Mississippi State, 1923–24: assistant coach | Mississippi College, Mississippi State, Ole Miss |
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.