Fred Dawson
Fred Dawson went 72–51–11 as a head coach, 1912–1933, at Union, Columbia, Nebraska, Denver and Virginia. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1918, 5–1 and 1919, 2–4–3); by them his record is 79–55–13. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1912–16 at Union. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 72–51–11 career
- Seasons
- 18
- Schools
- 5
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1921 7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Union * | 5–1–2 | ||||
| 1913 | Union * | 3–5 | ||||
| 1914 | Union * | 8–0 | ||||
| 1915 | Union * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1916 | Union * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1917: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1918 | Columbia | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 5–1) | ||||
| 1919 | Columbia | 0–0–1 (Wikipedia: 2–4–3) | ||||
| 1920: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1921 | Nebraska | 7–1 | 1st | |||
| 1922 | Nebraska | 7–1 | 1st | |||
| 1923 | Nebraska | 4–2–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1924 | Nebraska | 5–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1925 | Denver | 1–6 | 11th | |||
| 1926 | Denver | 4–4 | T–6th | |||
| 1927 | Denver | 5–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1928 | Denver | 4–4–1 | 7th | |||
| 1929–30: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1931 | Virginia | 1–7–2 | 22nd | |||
| 1932 | Virginia | 5–4 | T–13th | |||
| 1933 | Virginia | 2–6–2 | 8th | |||
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
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 | 26 | 17–5–4 | 73% |
| Conference games | 62 | 30–27–5 | 52% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 37 | 11–18–8 | 41% |
| At home | 63 | 36–20–7 | 63% |
| On the road | 31 | 9–21–1 | 31% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 56 | 37–13–6 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 8–28–2 | 24% |
His own 94 games on file, 1918–1933, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hughes 1921–1928 | 2–3 | Colorado State | 5 | |
| Bennie Owen 1921–1924 | 3–1 | Oklahoma | 4 | |
| Potsy Clark 1921–1924 | 3–0–1 | Kansas | 4 | |
| Knute Rockne 1921–1924 | 2–2 | Notre Dame | 4 | |
| Myron Witham 1925–1928 | 2–2 | Colorado | 4 | |
| E. Lowell Romney 1925–1928 | 1–2–1 | Utah State | 4 | |
| Charlie Bachman 1922–1924 | 3–0 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Sam Willaman 1922–1933 | 2–1 | Iowa State, Ohio State | 3 | |
| Curley Byrd 1931–1933 | 2–1 | Maryland | 3 | |
| Chuck Collins 1931–1933 | 1–2 | North Carolina | 3 |
Fred Dawson’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Oklahomaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Kansasseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Notre Dameseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Utah Stateseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 4 | 0–4 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912–16 | Union (NY) | Head coach | |
| 1917 | Princeton | Freshman coach | |
| 1918–19 | Columbia | Head coach | |
| 1921–24 | Nebraska | Head coach | |
| 1925–28 | Denver | Head coach | |
| 1931–33 | Virginia | 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
- Henry SchulteMissouri, Nebraska, Eastern Michigan, Southeast Missouri State
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Schulte | Nebraska, 1922–24: assistant coach | Missouri, Nebraska, Eastern Michigan, Southeast Missouri State |
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.