Frank Barbour, head coach at Michigan
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Frank Barbour

Frank Barbour went 14–⁠8 as a head coach, 1892–⁠1893, at Michigan.

Record
14–⁠8 career
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1893 7–⁠3

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1553 in 1893
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1892Michigan7–⁠53rd
1893Michigan7–⁠33rd

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals41–⁠3
Conference games62–⁠4
Decided by 8 points or fewer74–⁠3
At home107–⁠3
On the road127–⁠5
As our Elo’s favorite1311–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog93–⁠6

His own 22 games on file, 1892–⁠1893, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Amos Alonzo Stagg 1892–⁠18932–⁠1Chicago3

Frank Barbour’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Chicagoseries32–⁠1
DePauwseries22–⁠0
Detroit A.C.series22–⁠0
Michigan A.C.series22–⁠0
Northwesternseries21–⁠1
Wisconsinseries21–⁠1
Purdueseries21–⁠1
Minnesotaseries20–⁠2

Career

YearsTeamJob
1892–⁠93MichiganHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.