Floyd Gass
Floyd Gass went 56–46–2 as a head coach, 1961–1971, at Austin and Oklahoma State. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1961–68 at Austin. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 56–46–2 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1969 5–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Austin * | 2–7 | ||||
| 1962 | Austin * | 5–4 | ||||
| 1963 | Austin * | 3–5–1 | ||||
| 1964 | Austin * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1965 | Austin * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1966 | Austin * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1967 | Austin * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1968 | Austin * | 8–1 | ||||
| 1969 | Oklahoma State | 5–5 | T–5th | |||
| 1970 | Oklahoma State | 4–7 | T–6th | |||
| 1971 | Oklahoma State | 4–6–1 | 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
John WardConsensus All‑American, 1969
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Conference games | 21 | 7–14 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 5–3–1 | 61% |
| At home | 15 | 9–6 | 60% |
| On the road | 17 | 4–12–1 | 26% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 8–3–1 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 20 | 5–15 | 25% |
His own 32 games on file, 1969–1971, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Majors 1969–1971 | 2–1 | Iowa State | 3 | |
| Vince Gibson 1969–1971 | 1–2 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Bob Devaney 1969–1971 | 0–3 | Nebraska | 3 | |
| Chuck Fairbanks 1969–1971 | 0–3 | Oklahoma | 3 | |
| Eddie Crowder 1969–1971 | 0–3 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Frank Broyles 1969–1971 | 0–3 | Arkansas | 3 |
Floyd Gass’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 | 3 | 3–0 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Missouriseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Arkansasseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Coloradoseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Oklahomaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–60 | Austin | Offensive assistant | |
| 1961–68 | Austin | Head coach | |
| 1969–71 | Oklahoma State | 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
- Jim DickeyKansas State
- Gary DarnellFlorida, Western Michigan, Texas A&M, Tennessee Tech
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dickey | Oklahoma State, 1969: assistant coach | Kansas State | |
| Gary Darnell | Oklahoma State, 1970: graduate assistant; 1971: linebackers coach | Florida, Western Michigan, Texas A&M, Tennessee Tech |
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.