Ernest Bearg
Ernest Bearg went 70–41–7 as a head coach, 1918–1935, at Washburn and Nebraska. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1918–19, 1929–34 at Washburn (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 70–41–7 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1928 7–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Washburn * | 4–1 | ||||
| 1919 | Washburn * | 7–1–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1920–24: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1925 | Nebraska | 4–2–2 | 5th | |||
| 1926 | Nebraska | 6–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1927 | Nebraska | 6–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1928 | Nebraska | 7–1–1 | 1st | |||
| 1929 | Washburn * | 5–6 | 2nd | |||
| 1930 | Washburn * | 8–2 | 1st | |||
| 1931 | Washburn * | 7–3 | T–1st | |||
| 1932 | Washburn * | 6–3–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1933 | Washburn * | 4–6–1 | 4th | |||
| 1934 | Washburn * | 2–6–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1935 | Washburn | 4–6 | T–5th | |||
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 rivals | 17 | 13–3–1 | 79% |
| Conference games | 24 | 17–6–1 | 73% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 6–9–3 | 42% |
| At home | 23 | 19–2–2 | 87% |
| On the road | 20 | 8–11–1 | 43% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 31 | 24–4–3 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 3–9 | 25% |
His own 43 games on file, 1925–1935, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwinn Henry 1925–1928 | 1–3 | Missouri | 4 | |
| C. Noel Workman 1926–1928 | 3–0 | Iowa State | 3 | |
| Charlie Bachman 1925–1927 | 2–0–1 | Kansas State | 3 |
Ernest Bearg’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kansasseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
| Missouriseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Oklahomaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| New York Universityseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Grinnellseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918–19 | Washburn | Head coach | |
| 1925–28 | Nebraska | Head coach | |
| 1929–35 | Washburn | 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
- Henry SchulteMissouri, Nebraska, Eastern Michigan, Southeast Missouri State
- Bunny OakesMontana, Colorado, Wyoming, Grinnell
- John RhodesWyoming
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Schulte | Nebraska, 1925–27: assistant coach | Missouri, Nebraska, Eastern Michigan, Southeast Missouri State | |
| Bunny Oakes | Nebraska, 1926–28: line coach | Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Grinnell | |
| John Rhodes | Nebraska, 1926–27: freshman coach; 1928: backs coach | Wyoming |
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.