Elmer McDevitt
Elmer McDevitt went 14–15–2 as a head coach, 1920–1924, at Northwestern and Denver. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923–24 at Denver. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 14–15–2 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1920 3–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Northwestern | 3–4 | 7th | |||
| 1921 | Northwestern | 1–6 | 10th | |||
| 1922: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1923 | Denver * | 6–3 | 5th | |||
| 1924 | Denver * | 4–2–2 | T–2nd | |||
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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 10 | 2–8 | 20% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| At home | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| On the road | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
His own 14 games on file, 1920–1921, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesotaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Purdueseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Iowaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Knoxseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| DePaulseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Chicagoseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Indianaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Yale | Field | |
| 1912 | Navy | Line coach | |
| 1913 | Minnesota | Line coach | |
| 1914 | Northwestern | Line coach | |
| 1920–21 | Northwestern | Head coach | |
| 1922 | Denver | Assistant coach | |
| 1923–24 | Denver | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Art HoweYale
- Douglas Legate HowardNavy
- Henry WilliamsMinnesota
- Fred MurphyNorthwestern, Denver
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Howe | Yale | 1912 | Field | |
| Douglas Legate Howard | Navy | 1912 | Line coach | |
| Henry Williams | Minnesota | 1913 | Line coach | |
| Fred Murphy | Northwestern | 1914 | Line coach | |
| Fred Murphy | Denver | 1922 | Assistant 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.