
Ernest Graves
Ernest Graves went 7–8–1 as a head coach, 1906–1912, at Army. Share
- Record
- 7–8–1 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1912 5–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Army 1st season, final 8 games | 2–5–1 | ||||
| 1907–11: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1912 | Army | 5–3 | ||||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 0–6–1 | 7% |
| At home | 14 | 7–6–1 | 54% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 10 | 7–2–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
His own 16 games on file, 1906–1912, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Syracuseseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Colgateseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Yaleseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Navyseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Tuftsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Rutgersseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Williamsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Trinity (CT)series | 1 | 1–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Army 1904
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Army | Head coach | |
| 1908 | Harvard | Line coach | |
| 1912 | Army | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Percy HaughtonHarvard
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Haughton | Harvard | 1908 | Line 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.