George Bohler, head coach at Auburn
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George Bohler

George Bohler went 40–⁠44–⁠4 as a head coach, 1923–⁠1933, at Mississippi College, Auburn and Louisiana Tech.

Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923–⁠27 at Mississippi College; 1930–⁠33 at Louisiana Tech. They’re marked in the table.

Record
40–⁠44–⁠4 career
Seasons
11
Schools
3
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1929 2–⁠7

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1302 in 1929
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1923Mississippi College *5–⁠1–⁠25th
1924Mississippi College *2–⁠5–⁠13rd
1925Mississippi College *1–⁠7–⁠117th
1926Mississippi College *6–⁠310th
1927Mississippi College *8–⁠0T–1st
1928Auburn1–⁠823rd
1929Auburn coached five of nine games2–⁠3
1930Louisiana Tech *3–⁠621st
1931Louisiana Tech *7–⁠02nd
1932Louisiana Tech *4–⁠4T–14th
1933Louisiana Tech *1–⁠722nd

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals90–⁠9
Conference games100–⁠10
Decided by 8 points or fewer52–⁠3
At home83–⁠5
On the road60–⁠6
As our Elo’s favorite43–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog100–⁠10

His own 14 games on file, 1928–⁠1929, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Samfordseries22–⁠0
Birmingham-Southernseries21–⁠1
Floridaseries20–⁠2
Clemsonseries20–⁠2
Georgia Techseries10–⁠1
Georgiaseries10–⁠1
Ole Missseries10–⁠1
Vanderbiltseries10–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1920–⁠22OregonAssistant coach
1923–⁠27Mississippi CollegeHead coach
1928–⁠29AuburnHead coach
1930–⁠33Louisiana TechHead coach
1937Ole MissAssistant coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

George Bohler

Assistants who became head coaches

  • Red FloydMiddle Tennessee, Auburn, The Citadel
Worked under (2)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Shy HuntingtonOregon1920–⁠22Assistant coach
Ed WalkerOle Miss1937Assistant coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Red FloydAuburn, 1929: line coachMiddle Tennessee, Auburn, The Citadel

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.