Edward Robinson
Edward Robinson went 170–113–16 as a head coach, 1896–1929, at Nebraska, Brown, Maine, Tufts and Boston University. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1896–97 at Nebraska; 1902 at Maine; 1909 at Tufts; 1926–29 at Boston University. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 170–113–16 career
- Seasons
- 32
- Schools
- 5
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1916 8–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Nebraska * | 6–3–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1897 | Nebraska * | 5–1 | 1st | |||
| 1898 | Brown | 6–4 | ||||
| 1899 | Brown | 7–3–1 | ||||
| 1900 | Brown | 7–3–1 | ||||
| 1901 | Brown | 4–7–1 | ||||
| 1902 | Maine * | 6–2 | 1st | |||
| 1903: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1904 | Brown | 6–5 | ||||
| 1905 | Brown | 7–4 | ||||
| 1906 | Brown | 6–3 | ||||
| 1907 | Brown | 7–3 | ||||
| 1908: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1909 | Tufts * | 2–6 | ||||
| 1910 | Brown | 7–2–1 | ||||
| 1911 | Brown | 7–3–1 | ||||
| 1912 | Brown | 6–4 | ||||
| 1913 | Brown | 4–5 | ||||
| 1914 | Brown | 5–2–2 | ||||
| 1915 | Brown | 5–4–1 | Rose Bowl L | |||
| 1916 | Brown | 8–1 | ||||
| 1917 | Brown | 8–2 | ||||
| 1918 | Brown | 2–3 | ||||
| 1919 | Brown | 5–4–1 | ||||
| 1920 | Brown | 6–3 | ||||
| 1921 | Brown | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1922 | Brown | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1923 | Brown | 6–4 | ||||
| 1924 | Brown | 5–4 | ||||
| 1925 | Brown | 5–4–1 | ||||
| 1926 | Boston University * | 2–6 | ||||
| 1927 | Boston University * | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1928 | Boston University * | 3–3–2 | ||||
| 1929 | Boston University * | 3–6 | ||||
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.
Players he coached
Earl SpracklingConsensus All‑American, 1910 and 1911- George CrowtherConsensus All‑American, 1912
- John W. MayhewConsensus All‑American, 1906
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 13 | 13–0 | 100% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 68 | 29–27–12 | 51% |
| At home | 159 | 126–23–10 | 82% |
| On the road | 74 | 14–58–2 | 20% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 145 | 125–13–7 | 89% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 89 | 15–69–5 | 20% |
His own 234 games on file, 1898–1925, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Fisher 1919–1925 | 3–4 | Harvard | 7 | |
| Percy Haughton 1910–1916 | 1–5–1 | Harvard | 7 | |
| Tad Jones 1916–1925 | 1–6 | Yale | 7 | |
| Pop Warner 1910–1914 | 2–3 | Carlisle | 5 | |
| Clarence Spears 1917–1920 | 3–1 | Dartmouth | 4 | |
| George Woodruff 1898–1901 | 0–3–1 | Pennsylvania | 4 | |
| Frank “Buck” O’Neill 1915–1919 | 0–4 | Syracuse | 4 | |
| John Dunlop 1898–1901 | 3–0 | Boston College | 3 | |
| Maurice Connor 1899–1901 | 2–0–1 | Holy Cross | 3 | |
| Ellery Huntington Jr. 1919–1921 | 2–1 | Colgate | 3 |
Edward Robinson’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harvardseries | 22 | 5–16–1 |
| Yaleseries | 19 | 3–16 |
| Dartmouthseries | 15 | 7–8 |
| Rhode Islandseries | 13 | 13–0 |
| Colbyseries | 13 | 12–1 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 13 | 2–10–1 |
| Vermontseries | 12 | 12–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 9 | 1–6–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896–97 | Nebraska | Head coach | |
| 1898–1901 | Brown | Head coach | |
| 1902 | Maine | Head coach | |
| 1903 | Phillips Exeter Academy (NH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1904–07 | Brown | Head coach | |
| 1909 | Tufts | Head coach | |
| 1910–25 | Brown | Head coach | |
| 1926–29 | Boston University | Co-head coach | |
| 1931 | Providence Steam Roller NFL | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- James CoulterGeorgia
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Coulter | Brown, 1905–06: assistant coach | Georgia |
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.