Elmer Burnham
Elmer Burnham went 92–56–6 as a head coach, 1942–1960, at Purdue and Rochester. Share
17 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1944–60 at Rochester. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 92–56–6 career
- Seasons
- 19
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1943 9–0, No. 5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Purdue | 1–8 | 8th | |||
| 1943 | Purdue | 9–0 | T–1st | 5 | ||
| 1944 | Rochester * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1945 | Rochester * | 3–4 | ||||
| 1946 | Rochester * | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1947 | Rochester * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1948 | Rochester * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1949 | Rochester * | 3–6 | ||||
| 1950 | Rochester * | 1–4–3 | ||||
| 1951 | Rochester * | 7–1 | ||||
| 1952 | Rochester * | 8–0 | ||||
| 1953 | Rochester * | 4–3 | ||||
| 1954 | Rochester * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1955 | Rochester * | 3–5 | ||||
| 1956 | Rochester * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1957 | Rochester * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1958 | Rochester * | 8–0 | ||||
| 1959 | Rochester * | 7–1 | ||||
| 1960 | Rochester * | 6–2 |
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.
Players he coached
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 ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Conference games | 11 | 7–4 | 64% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| At home | 7 | 3–4 | 43% |
| On the road | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 5–7 | 42% |
His own 18 games on file, 1942–1943, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Indianaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Iowaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Great Lakes Navyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Northwesternseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Illinoisseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916–34 | South Bend Central HS (IN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1935–41 | Purdue | Freshman coach | |
| 1942–43 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 1944–60 | Rochester (NY) | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Noble KizerPurdue
- Mal ElwardPurdue
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Kizer | Purdue | 1935–36 | Freshman coach | |
| Mal Elward | Purdue | 1937–41 | Freshman coach |
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.