Frank Bridges
Frank Bridges went 82–53–17 as a head coach, 1920–1939, at Baylor, Simmons and St. Mary’s. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1927–29 at Simmons; 1935–39 at St. Mary’s. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 82–53–17 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1924 7–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Baylor | 4–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1921 | Baylor | 8–3 | 4th | |||
| 1922 | Baylor | 8–3 | 1st | |||
| 1923 | Baylor | 5–1–2 | T–4th | |||
| 1924 | Baylor | 7–2–1 | 1st | |||
| 1925 | Baylor | 3–5–2 | 7th | |||
| 1926: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1927 | Simmons * | 5–3–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1928 | Simmons * | 6–6–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1929 | Simmons * | 5–4–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1930–34: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | St. Mary’s * | 6–4–1 | ||||
| 1936 | St. Mary’s * | 7–3–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1937 | St. Mary’s * | 7–2–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1938 | St. Mary’s * | 6–9 | 3rd | |||
| 1939 | St. Mary’s * | 5–4–2 | 3rd | |||
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 | 16 | 6–6–4 | 50% |
| Conference games | 27 | 13–8–6 | 59% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 21 | 8–7–6 | 52% |
| At home | 42 | 28–11–3 | 70% |
| On the road | 17 | 7–7–3 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 31–8–4 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 4–10–2 | 31% |
His own 59 games on file, 1920–1925, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Bible 1920–1925 | 2–3–1 | Texas A&M | 6 | |
| Ray Morrison 1922–1925 | 1–2–1 | SMU | 4 | |
| Francis Schmidt 1922–1924 | 3–0 | Arkansas | 3 | |
| Theron J. Fouts 1922–1924 | 3–0 | North Texas | 3 | |
| Phillip Arbuckle 1920–1922 | 2–1 | Rice | 3 | |
| Edward Stewart 1923–1925 | 1–1–1 | Texas | 3 |
Frank Bridges’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texas A&Mseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| SMUseries | 6 | 2–2–2 |
| Riceseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| North Texasseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Hardin Simmonsseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Arkansasseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Howard Payneseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Austinseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Fort Smith HS (AK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1920–25 | Baylor | Head coach | |
| 1927–29 | Simmons (TX) | Head coach | |
| 1933–34 | Texas Military College | Head coach | |
| 1935–39 | St. Mary’s (TX) | Head coach | |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1944 | Brooklyn Tigers NFL | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pete CawthonBrooklyn Dodgers
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Cawthon | Brooklyn Dodgers NFL | 1943 | 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.