H.O. Stickney, head coach at Wisconsin
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H.O. Stickney

H.O. Stickney went 16–⁠7–⁠1 as a head coach, 1893–⁠1899, at Grinnell, Wisconsin and Oregon Agricultural.

Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1893 at Grinnell; 1899 at Oregon Agricultural. They’re marked in the table.

Record
16–⁠7–⁠1 career
Seasons
4
Schools
3
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1894 5–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1553 in 1894
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1893Grinnell *3–⁠1
1894Wisconsin5–⁠2
1895Wisconsin5–⁠2–⁠1
1896–⁠98: not a college head coach
1899Oregon Agricultural *3–⁠2

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals32–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer52–⁠2–⁠1
At home108–⁠1–⁠1
On the road52–⁠3
As our Elo’s favorite139–⁠3–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog21–⁠1

His own 15 games on file, 1894–⁠1895, 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
Chicagoseries21–⁠1
Minnesotaseries21–⁠1
Chicago A.C.series21–⁠1
Grinnellseries11–⁠0
Iowa Stateseries11–⁠0
Northwesternseries11–⁠0
Lake Forestseries11–⁠0
Beloitseries11–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1893GrinnellHead coach
1894–⁠95WisconsinHead coach
1896Olympic ClubHead coach
1897Multnomah Athletic ClubHead coach
1899Oregon AgriculturalHead coach

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