Edwin Sweetland
Edwin Sweetland went 83–38–10 as a head coach, 1899–1919, at Hamilton, Syracuse, Ohio State, Colgate, Kentucky, Miami (OH), West Virginia, Tulane and Alfred. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1901, 7–1, 1909, 9–1, 1910, 7–2 and 1912, 7–2); by them his record is 100–41–10. Share
Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1899, 1903 at Hamilton; 1904–05 at Ohio State; 1911 at Miami (OH); 1915–17, 1919 at Alfred. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 83–38–10 career
- Seasons
- 18
- Schools
- 9
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1910 3–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Hamilton * | 8–2–1 | ||||
| 1900 | Syracuse | 7–2–1 | ||||
| 1901 | Syracuse | 7–2 (Wikipedia: 7–1) | ||||
| 1902 | Syracuse | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1903 | Hamilton * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1904 | Ohio State * | 6–5 | 2nd | |||
| 1905 | Ohio State * | 8–2–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1906–07: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1908 | Colgate | 4–3 | ||||
| 1909 | Kentucky | 2–1 (Wikipedia: 9–1) | ||||
| 1910 | Kentucky | 3–0 (Wikipedia: 7–2) | ||||
| 1911 | Miami (OH) * | 2–4–2 | 9th | |||
| 1912 | Kentucky | 1–0 (Wikipedia: 7–2) | ||||
| 1913 | West Virginia | 3–4–2 | ||||
| 1914 | Tulane | 3–3–1 | ||||
| 1915 | Alfred * | 4–2 | ||||
| 1916 | Alfred * | 5–1 | ||||
| 1917 | Alfred * | 3–0 | ||||
| 1918: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | Alfred * | 5–2 | ||||
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 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 9–5–5 | 61% |
| At home | 35 | 28–4–3 | 84% |
| On the road | 23 | 8–13–2 | 39% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 38 | 31–4–3 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 20 | 5–13–2 | 30% |
His own 58 games on file, 1900–1914, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amherstseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Tennesseeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Cortland Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Brownseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Clarksonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Columbiaseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Cornellseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Armyseries | 2 | 0–2 |