Edward Stewart, head coach at Nebraska, Clemson and Texas
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Edward Stewart

Edward Stewart went 79–⁠45–⁠16 as a head coach, 1907–⁠1928, at Mount Union, Allegheny, Oregon Agricultural, Nebraska, Clemson, Texas and Texas Mines.

Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1907 at Mount Union; 1909–⁠11 at Allegheny; 1913–⁠15 at Oregon Agricultural; 1927–⁠28 at Texas Mines (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.

Record
79–⁠45–⁠16 career
Seasons
17
Schools
7
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1923 8–⁠0–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1679 in 1923
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1907Mount Union *9–⁠2
1908: not a college head coach
1909Allegheny *2–⁠4–⁠1
1910Allegheny *3–⁠1–⁠1
1911Allegheny *4–⁠4–⁠1
1912: not a college head coach
1913Oregon Agricultural *3–⁠2–⁠32nd
1914Oregon Agricultural *7–⁠0–⁠22nd
1915Oregon Agricultural *5–⁠34th
1916Nebraska6–⁠21st
1917Nebraska5–⁠21st
1918–⁠20: not a college head coach
1921Clemson1–⁠6–⁠221st
1922Clemson5–⁠4T–11th
1923Texas8–⁠0–⁠12nd
1924Texas5–⁠3–⁠16th
1925Texas6–⁠2–⁠1T–2nd
1926Texas5–⁠4T–3rd
1927Texas Mines *2–⁠2–⁠2
1928Texas Mines *3–⁠4–⁠1

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals2716–⁠10–⁠1
Conference games3115–⁠12–⁠4
Decided by 8 points or fewer186–⁠7–⁠5
At home4333–⁠8–⁠2
On the road268–⁠15–⁠3
As our Elo’s favorite5238–⁠10–⁠4
As our Elo’s underdog173–⁠13–⁠1

His own 69 games on file, 1916–⁠1926, 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
Dana Bible 1923–⁠19263–⁠1Texas A&M4
John Heisman 1924–⁠19262–⁠1Rice3
Dan McGugin 1923–⁠19261–⁠2Vanderbilt3
Frank Bridges 1923–⁠19251–⁠1–⁠1Baylor3
Ray Morrison 1924–⁠19260–⁠2–⁠1SMU3

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Southwestern Useries44–⁠0
Riceseries43–⁠1
Texas A&Mseries43–⁠1
Baylorseries41–⁠2–⁠1
Phillipsseries33–⁠0
Vanderbiltseries31–⁠2
SMUseries30–⁠2–⁠1
Iowaseries22–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1903–⁠05Massillon TigersHead coach
1907–⁠08Mount UnionHead coach
1909–⁠11AlleghenyHead coach
1913–⁠15Oregon AgriculturalHead coach
1916–⁠17NebraskaHead coach
1921–⁠22ClemsonHead coach
1923–⁠26TexasHead coach
1927–⁠28Texas MinesHead coach

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

Coaching tree

Edward Stewart

Assistants who became head coaches

Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Clyde LittlefieldTexas, 1923–⁠26: assistant coachTexas

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.