Guy Lowman
Guy Lowman went 31–24–3 as a head coach, 1907–1918, at Warrensburg Teachers, Alabama, Kansas State and Wisconsin. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1907 at Warrensburg Teachers; 1911 at Kansas State (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 31–24–3 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1912 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Warrensburg Teachers * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1908–09: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1910 | Alabama | 4–4 | ||||
| 1911 | Kansas State * | 5–4–1 | ||||
| 1912 | Kansas State | 8–2 | 1st | |||
| 1913 | Kansas State | 3–4–1 | 4th / 6th | |||
| 1914 | Kansas State | 1–5–1 | 7th | |||
| 1915–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1918 | Wisconsin | 3–3 | 7th | |||
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 | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
| Conference games | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 5–3–2 | 60% |
| At home | 26 | 15–10–1 | 60% |
| On the road | 13 | 4–8–1 | 35% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 20 | 13–5–2 | 70% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 19 | 6–13 | 32% |
His own 39 games on file, 1910–1918, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumbo Stiehm 1912–1914 | 0–3 | Nebraska | 3 |
Guy Lowman’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emporia Stateseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Southwestern (Kansas)series | 3 | 2–1 |
| Washburnseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Wichita Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Coloradoseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Warrensburg Teachers | Head coach | |
| 1909 | Missouri | Assistant coach | |
| 1910 | Alabama | Head coach | |
| 1911–14 | Kansas State | Head coach | |
| 1918 | Wisconsin | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bill RoperMissouri
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Roper | Missouri | 1909 | Assistant coach |
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.