George Brooke
George Brooke went 98–47–12 as a head coach, 1897–1915, at Stanford, Swarthmore and Pennsylvania. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1897 at Stanford; 1899–1902, 1909–11 at Swarthmore (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 98–47–12 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1905 7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Stanford * | 4–1 | ||||
| 1898: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1899 | Swarthmore * | 9–1–2 | ||||
| 1900 | Swarthmore * | 6–3–2 | ||||
| 1901 | Swarthmore * | 8–2–2 | ||||
| 1902 | Swarthmore * | 6–6 | ||||
| 1903 | Swarthmore | 6–4 | ||||
| 1904 | Swarthmore | 6–3 | ||||
| 1905 | Swarthmore | 7–1 | ||||
| 1906 | Swarthmore | 7–2 | ||||
| 1907 | Swarthmore | 6–2 | ||||
| 1908: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1909 | Swarthmore * | 2–5 | ||||
| 1910 | Swarthmore * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1911 | Swarthmore * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1912 | Swarthmore | 7–1–1 | ||||
| 1913 | Pennsylvania | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1914 | Pennsylvania | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1915 | Pennsylvania | 3–5–2 | ||||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 28 | 12–11–5 | 52% |
| At home | 50 | 36–11–3 | 75% |
| On the road | 32 | 16–14–2 | 53% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 47 | 38–7–2 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 14–18–3 | 44% |
His own 82 games on file, 1903–1915, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Warner 1903–1915 | 2–3–1 | Carlisle, Cornell, Pittsburgh | 6 | |
| Paul Dashiell 1904–1906 | 2–1 | Navy | 3 | |
| Albert Sharpe 1913–1915 | 0–3 | Cornell | 3 | |
| Fielding Yost 1913–1915 | 0–2–1 | Michigan | 3 | |
| Frank Cavanaugh 1913–1915 | 0–3 | Dartmouth | 3 |
George Brooke’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Navyseries | 7 | 5–1–1 |
| Lafayetteseries | 6 | 3–2–1 |
| Cornellseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Franklin & Marshallseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Gettysburgseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Villanovaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| George Washingtonseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Also a player: George Brooke’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Stanford | Head coach | |
| 1900–12 | Swarthmore | Head coach | |
| 1913–15 | Penn | 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
- Pat DwyerLSU, Toledo
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dwyer | Pennsylvania, 1914: assistant coach | LSU, Toledo |
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.