Fred Folsom
Fred Folsom went 106–28–6 as a head coach, 1895–1915, at Colorado and Dartmouth. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1895–99, 1901 at Colorado (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 106–28–6 career
- Seasons
- 19
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1909 6–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | Colorado * | 4–1 | 1st | |||
| 1896 | Colorado * | 5–0 | 1st | |||
| 1897 | Colorado * | 7–1 | 1st | |||
| 1898 | Colorado * | 4–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1899 | Colorado * | 7–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1900: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1901 | Colorado * | 5–1–1 | 1st | |||
| 1902 | Colorado | 5–1 | 1st | |||
| 1903 | Dartmouth | 9–1 | ||||
| 1904 | Dartmouth | 7–0–1 | ||||
| 1905 | Dartmouth | 7–1–2 | ||||
| 1906 | Dartmouth | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1907: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1908 | Colorado | 5–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1909 | Colorado | 6–0 | 1st | |||
| 1910 | Colorado | 6–0 | 1st | |||
| 1911 | Colorado | 6–0 | 1st | |||
| 1912 | Colorado | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1913 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | 1st | |||
| 1914 | Colorado | 5–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1915 | Colorado | 1–6 | T–6th | |||
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
Joseph GilmanConsensus All‑American, 1904- Henry HooperConsensus All‑American, 1903
- Myron E. WithamConsensus All‑American, 1903
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 | 22 | 13–7–2 | 64% |
| Conference games | 33 | 24–8–1 | 74% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 32 | 20–7–5 | 70% |
| At home | 54 | 47–6–1 | 88% |
| On the road | 44 | 27–13–4 | 66% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 81 | 66–11–4 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 17 | 8–8–1 | 50% |
His own 98 games on file, 1902–1915, 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 1911–1915 | 3–2 | Colorado State | 5 | |
| Fred Bennion 1910–1913 | 4–0 | Utah | 4 | |
| Frank Cavanaugh 1903–1905 | 3–0 | Holy Cross | 3 | |
| Edward Robinson 1904–1906 | 2–1 | Brown | 3 |
Fred Folsom’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 | 9 | 7–2 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 9 | 6–3 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 8 | 6–1–1 |
| Utahseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Colorado Alumniseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Wyomingseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Holy Crossseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Massachusettsseries | 4 | 4–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895–99 | Colorado | Head coach | |
| 1901–02 | Colorado | Head coach | |
| 1903–06 | Dartmouth | Head coach | |
| 1908–15 | Colorado | 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
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Keady | Dartmouth, 1905–06: assistant coach | Lehigh, Vermont, Case Western Reserve |
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.