Frank Cavanaugh
Frank Cavanaugh went 103–37–12 as a head coach, 1898–1932, at Cincinnati, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Boston College and Fordham. Wikipedia’s season articles record eight seasons differently (1898, 6–1–2, 1911, 8–2, 1920, 8–0, 1921, 4–3–1, 1922, 6–2–1, 1924, 6–3, 1925, 6–2 and 1927, 3–5); by them his record is 146–48–16. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923, 1926 at Boston College (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 103–37–12 career
- Seasons
- 24
- Schools
- 5
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Hall of Fame
- 1954 inducted
- Best season
- 1898 1–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Cincinnati | 1–0 (Wikipedia: 6–1–2) | ||||
| 1899–02: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1903 | Holy Cross | 8–2 | ||||
| 1904 | Holy Cross | 2–5–2 | ||||
| 1905 | Holy Cross | 6–3 | ||||
| 1906–10: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1911 | Dartmouth | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 8–2) | ||||
| 1912 | Dartmouth | 7–2 | ||||
| 1913 | Dartmouth | 7–1 | ||||
| 1914 | Dartmouth | 8–1 | ||||
| 1915 | Dartmouth | 7–1–1 | ||||
| 1916 | Dartmouth | 5–2–2 | ||||
| 1917–18: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | Boston College | 5–3 | ||||
| 1920 | Boston College | 1–0 (Wikipedia: 8–0) | ||||
| 1921 | Boston College | 1–0 (Wikipedia: 4–3–1) | ||||
| 1922 | Boston College | 1–1 (Wikipedia: 6–2–1) | ||||
| 1923 | Boston College * | 7–1–1 | ||||
| 1924 | Boston College | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–3) | ||||
| 1925 | Boston College | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–2) | ||||
| 1926 | Boston College * | 6–0–2 | ||||
| 1927 | Fordham | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 3–5) | ||||
| 1928 | Fordham | 4–5 | ||||
| 1929 | Fordham | 7–0–2 | ||||
| 1930 | Fordham | 8–1 | ||||
| 1931 | Fordham | 6–1–2 | ||||
| 1932 | Fordham | 6–2 | ||||
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
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Robert HogsettConsensus All‑American, 1913
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 | 11 | 7–3–1 | 68% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 42 | 23–10–9 | 65% |
| At home | 78 | 66–10–2 | 86% |
| On the road | 57 | 24–26–7 | 48% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 89 | 75–7–7 | 88% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 46 | 15–29–2 | 35% |
His own 135 games on file, 1898–1932, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe McKenney 1928–1932 | 3–2 | Boston College | 5 | |
| Carl Snavely 1929–1932 | 3–1 | Bucknell | 4 | |
| Rat Rogers 1925–1930 | 1–2–1 | West Virginia | 4 | |
| George Brooke 1913–1915 | 3–0 | Pennsylvania | 3 | |
| Cleo A. O’Donnell 1919–1929 | 3–0 | Holy Cross | 3 | |
| Gus Dorais 1928–1931 | 2–1 | Detroit Mercy | 3 | |
| Fred Folsom 1903–1905 | 0–3 | Dartmouth | 3 |
Frank Cavanaugh’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusettsseries | 8 | 7–0–1 |
| Amherstseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| Tuftsseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| New York Universityseries | 6 | 3–2–1 |
| West Virginiaseries | 6 | 2–2–2 |
| Princetonseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Holy Crossseries | 5 | 4–0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Cincinnati | Head coach | |
| 1898–1902 | Denver Athletic Club | Head coach | |
| 1903–05 | Holy Cross | Head coach | |
| 1907–10 | Worcester Academy high school | Head coach | |
| 1911–16 | Dartmouth | Head coach | |
| 1919–26 | Boston College | Head coach | |
| 1927–32 | Fordham | 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
- Tom KeadyLehigh, Vermont, Case Western Reserve
- David MoreyAuburn, Lowell Textile, Middlebury, Bates, Lowell Tech
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Keady | Dartmouth, 1911: assistant coach | Lehigh, Vermont, Case Western Reserve | |
| David Morey | Dartmouth, 1914: assistant coach; Fordham, 1928: assistant coach | Auburn, Lowell Textile, Middlebury, Bates, Lowell 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.
Films
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA).