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Edward Donahue, head coach at Clemson
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Edward Donahue

Edward Donahue went 21–⁠12–⁠3 as a head coach, 1917–⁠1920, at Clemson.

Record
21–⁠12–⁠3 career
Seasons
4
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1917 6–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1566 in 1919
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1917Clemson6–⁠2T–2nd
1918Clemson5–⁠24th
1919Clemson6–⁠2–⁠211th
1920Clemson4–⁠6–⁠117th

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals123–⁠8–⁠1
Conference games2110–⁠9–⁠2
Decided by 8 points or fewer125–⁠4–⁠3
At home1915–⁠3–⁠1
On the road176–⁠9–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite2418–⁠4–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog123–⁠8–⁠1

His own 36 games on file, 1917–⁠1920, 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
Billy Laval 1917–⁠19202–⁠1–⁠1Furman4
Harry J. O’Brien 1917–⁠19203–⁠0The Citadel3
Walter Johnson 1917–⁠19202–⁠0–⁠1Presbyterian3
Mike Donahue 1917–⁠19200–⁠3Auburn3

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
The Citadelseries44–⁠0
South Carolinaseries43–⁠1
Furmanseries42–⁠1–⁠1
Davidsonseries32–⁠1
Presbyterianseries32–⁠0–⁠1
Auburnseries30–⁠3
Georgia Techseries30–⁠3
Woffordseries22–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1915–⁠16Washington and LeeAssistant coach
1917–⁠20ClemsonHead coach
1931Western ReserveBackfield coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.