Fred Thomsen
Fred Thomsen went 75–78–14 as a head coach, 1929–1952, at Arkansas and Southwest Missouri State. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1949–52 at Southwest Missouri State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 75–78–14 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1937 6–2–2, No. 14
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Arkansas | 7–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1930 | Arkansas | 3–6 | 5th | |||
| 1931 | Arkansas | 3–5–1 | 7th | |||
| 1932 | Arkansas | 1–6–2 | 7th | |||
| 1933 | Arkansas | 7–3–1 | 1st | Dixie Classic T | ||
| 1934 | Arkansas | 4–4–2 | 5th | |||
| 1935 | Arkansas | 5–5 | 5th | |||
| 1936 | Arkansas | 7–3 | 1st | 18 | ||
| 1937 | Arkansas | 6–2–2 | 3rd | 14 | ||
| 1938 | Arkansas | 2–7–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1939 | Arkansas | 4–5–1 | 5th | |||
| 1940 | Arkansas | 4–6 | 6th | |||
| 1941 | Arkansas | 3–7 | 7th | |||
| 1942–48: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1949 | Southwest Missouri State * | 5–4–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1950 | Southwest Missouri State * | 5–4–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1951 | Southwest Missouri State * | 6–3–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1952 | Southwest Missouri State * | 3–6 | T–5th | |||
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
Kay EakinNo. 3 pick, 1940- Jack RobbinsNo. 5 pick, 1938
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 14 | 4–10 | 29% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 33 | 13–19–1 | 41% |
| Conference games | 69 | 24–42–3 | 37% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–0–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 55 | 17–28–10 | 40% |
| At home | 59 | 37–20–2 | 64% |
| On the road | 60 | 16–37–7 | 33% |
| At neutral sites | 8 | 3–4–1 | 44% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 56 | 36–15–5 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 71 | 20–46–5 | 32% |
His own 127 games on file, 1929–1941, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Jennings 1929–1940 | 5–7 | Baylor | 12 | |
| Homer Norton 1930–1941 | 4–5–3 | Centenary (LA), Texas A&M | 12 | |
| Madison Bell 1929–1941 | 5–4 | Texas A&M, SMU | 9 | |
| Dutch Meyer 1934–1941 | 2–5–1 | TCU | 8 | |
| Jimmy Kitts 1934–1939 | 1–4–1 | Rice | 6 | |
| Dana Bible 1937–1941 | 2–3 | Texas | 5 | |
| Francis Schmidt 1930–1933 | 1–3 | TCU | 4 | |
| Jack Meagher 1930–1933 | 1–3 | Rice | 4 | |
| Ray Morrison 1931–1934 | 1–3 | SMU | 4 | |
| Jack Chevigny 1934–1936 | 2–1 | Texas | 3 |
Fred Thomsen’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baylorseries | 13 | 5–8 |
| TCUseries | 12 | 3–8–1 |
| Riceseries | 12 | 2–9–1 |
| Texasseries | 11 | 5–6 |
| SMUseries | 11 | 4–7 |
| Tulsaseries | 10 | 6–2–2 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 10 | 5–4–1 |
| LSUseries | 8 | 1–7 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–26 | Gothenburg HS (NE) high school | Head coach | |
| 1927–28 | Arkansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1929–41 | Arkansas | Head coach | |
| 1949–52 | Southwest Missouri State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Francis SchmidtArkansas
Assistants who became head coaches
- George ColeArkansas, Ozarks
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Schmidt | Arkansas | 1927–28 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Cole | Arkansas, 1934–41: assistant coach | Arkansas, Ozarks |
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.