Foster Sanford
Foster Sanford went 89–49–7 as a head coach, 1896–1923, at Cornell, Columbia, Virginia and Rutgers. Share
15 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1896 at Cornell; 1899–1901 at Columbia; 1913–23 at Rutgers. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 89–49–7 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1904 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Cornell * | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1897–98: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1899 | Columbia * | 8–3 | ||||
| 1900 | Columbia * | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1901 | Columbia * | 8–5 | ||||
| 1902–03: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1904 | Virginia | 6–3 | ||||
| 1905–12: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1913 | Rutgers * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1914 | Rutgers * | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1915 | Rutgers * | 7–1 | ||||
| 1916 | Rutgers * | 3–2–2 | ||||
| 1917 | Rutgers * | 7–1–1 | ||||
| 1918 | Rutgers * | 5–2 | ||||
| 1919 | Rutgers * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1920 | Rutgers * | 2–7 | ||||
| 1921 | Rutgers * | 4–5 | ||||
| 1922 | Rutgers * | 5–4 | ||||
| 1923 | Rutgers * | 7–1–1 | ||||
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 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| At home | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
His own nine games on file, 1904, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NC Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Virginia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Randolph Maconseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| VMIseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Washington and Leeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Navyseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Cornell | Head coach | |
| 1897–98 | Yale | Assistant coach | |
| 1899–1901 | Columbia | Head coach | |
| 1903 | Yale | Assistant coach | |
| 1904 | Virginia | Head coach | |
| 1905 | Yale | Assistant coach | |
| 1910–12 | Yale | Assistant coach | |
| 1913–23 | Rutgers | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank ButterworthYale
- George B. ChadwickYale
- Jack OwsleyYale
- Ted CoyYale
- John FieldYale
- Art HoweYale
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Butterworth | Yale | 1897–98 | Assistant coach | |
| George B. Chadwick | Yale | 1903 | Assistant coach | |
| Jack Owsley | Yale | 1905 | Assistant coach | |
| Ted Coy | Yale | 1910 | Assistant coach | |
| John Field | Yale | 1911 | Assistant coach | |
| Art Howe | Yale | 1912 | 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.