Frank Butterworth
Frank Butterworth went 18–2–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1897 at Yale and 1898 at Yale. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 18–2–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1897 9–0–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Yale | 9–0–2 | ||
| 1898 | Yale | 9–2 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Gordon BrownConsensus All‑American, 1897 and 1898- Charles de SaullesConsensus All‑American, 1897
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 4–1–2 | 71% |
| At home | 15 | 13–1–1 | 90% |
| On the road | 7 | 5–1–1 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 19 | 17–1–1 | 92% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 1–1–1 | 50% |
His own 22 games on file, 1897–1898, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amherstseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Brownseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Williamsseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Trinity (CT)series | 2 | 2–0 |
| Carlisleseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Wesleyan (CT)series | 2 | 2–0 |
| Chicago A.C.series | 2 | 2–0 |
| Newton A.C.series | 2 | 2–0 |
Also a player: Frank Butterworth’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Foster SanfordVirginia, Cornell, Columbia, Rutgers
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Sanford | Yale, 1897–98: assistant coach | Virginia, Cornell, Columbia, Rutgers |
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.