George Munger
George Munger went 82–42–10 as a head coach, 1938–1953, at Pennsylvania. Share
- Record
- 82–42–10 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 2 seasons
- Hall of Fame
- 1976 inducted
- Best season
- 1947 7–0–1, No. 7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Pennsylvania | 3–2–3 | ||
| 1939 | Pennsylvania | 4–4 | ||
| 1940 | Pennsylvania | 6–1–1 | 14 | |
| 1941 | Pennsylvania | 7–1 | 15 | |
| 1942 | Pennsylvania | 5–3–1 | ||
| 1943 | Pennsylvania | 6–2–1 | 20 | |
| 1944 | Pennsylvania | 5–3 | ||
| 1945 | Pennsylvania | 6–2 | 8 | |
| 1946 | Pennsylvania | 6–2 | 13 | |
| 1947 | Pennsylvania | 7–0–1 | 7 | |
| 1948 | Pennsylvania | 5–3 | ||
| 1949 | Pennsylvania | 4–4 | ||
| 1950 | Pennsylvania | 6–3 | ||
| 1951 | Pennsylvania | 5–4 | ||
| 1952 | Pennsylvania | 4–3–2 | ||
| 1953 | Pennsylvania | 3–5–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Bob OdellSecond in the 1943 Heisman vote- Reds BagnellThird in the 1950 Heisman vote
- George SavitskyConsensus All‑American, 1945
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 ranked teams | 39 | 10–25–4 | 31% |
| Against top-10 teams | 24 | 6–15–3 | 31% |
| Against rivals | 32 | 21–7–4 | 72% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 54 | 21–23–10 | 48% |
| At home | 113 | 67–36–10 | 64% |
| On the road | 21 | 15–6 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 103 | 75–20–8 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 31 | 7–22–2 | 26% |
His own 134 games on file, 1938–1953, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Little 1938–1952 | 13–0 | Columbia | 13 | |
| Red Blaik 1941–1953 | 3–8–2 | Army | 13 | |
| DeOrmond McLaughry 1945–1952 | 8–0 | Dartmouth | 8 | |
| Charles Caldwell 1945–1952 | 5–2 | Princeton | 7 | |
| George James 1947–1953 | 3–3–1 | Cornell | 7 | |
| Arthur Guepe 1946–1953 | 4–1 | Virginia, Vanderbilt | 5 | |
| Dick Harlow 1939–1942 | 3–0–1 | Harvard | 4 | |
| Eddie Erdelatz 1950–1953 | 3–0–1 | Navy | 4 | |
| Carl Snavely 1938–1945 | 2–1–1 | Cornell, North Carolina | 4 | |
| Tad Wieman 1938–1942 | 2–1–1 | Princeton | 4 |
George Munger’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cornellseries | 16 | 10–4–2 |
| Navyseries | 16 | 9–5–2 |
| Armyseries | 14 | 4–8–2 |
| Columbiaseries | 13 | 13–0 |
| Princetonseries | 12 | 8–3–1 |
| Dartmouthseries | 10 | 10–0 |
| Yaleseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Penn Stateseries | 6 | 1–4–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Howard OdellYale, Washington
- Horace HendricksonNC State, Elon
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Odell | Pennsylvania, 1938–41: assistant coach | Yale, Washington | |
| Horace Hendrickson | Pennsylvania, 1942–47: backfield coach | NC State, Elon |
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.