Harvey Harman
Harvey Harman went 140–105–7 as a head coach, 1922–1955, at Haverford, Sewanee, Pennsylvania and Rutgers. Share
13 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1922–29 at Haverford; 1930 at Sewanee; 1938–41 at Rutgers (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 140–105–7 career
- Seasons
- 30
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Hall of Fame
- 1981 inducted
- Best season
- 1936 7–1, No. 10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Haverford * | 1–6–1 | ||||
| 1923 | Haverford * | 3–6 | ||||
| 1924 | Haverford * | 3–6 | ||||
| 1925 | Haverford * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1926 | Haverford * | 6–1 | ||||
| 1927 | Haverford * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1928 | Haverford * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1929 | Haverford * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1930 | Sewanee * | 3–6–1 | 18th | |||
| 1931 | Pennsylvania | 6–3 | ||||
| 1932 | Pennsylvania | 6–2 | ||||
| 1933 | Pennsylvania | 2–4–1 | ||||
| 1934 | Pennsylvania | 4–4 | ||||
| 1935 | Pennsylvania | 4–4 | ||||
| 1936 | Pennsylvania | 7–1 | 10 | |||
| 1937 | Pennsylvania | 2–5–1 | ||||
| 1938 | Rutgers * | 7–1 | 1st | |||
| 1939 | Rutgers * | 7–1–1 | 1st | |||
| 1940 | Rutgers * | 5–4 | 2nd | |||
| 1941 | Rutgers * | 7–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1942–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Rutgers | 7–2 | 1st | |||
| 1947 | Rutgers | 8–1 | 1st | |||
| 1948 | Rutgers | 7–2 | 1st | |||
| 1949 | Rutgers | 6–3 | 1st | |||
| 1950 | Rutgers | 4–4 | 2nd | |||
| 1951 | Rutgers | 4–4 | 2nd | |||
| 1952 | Rutgers | 4–4–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1953 | Rutgers | 2–6 | 1st | |||
| 1954 | Rutgers | 3–6 | T–1st | |||
| 1955 | Rutgers | 3–5 | 3rd | |||
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 ranked teams | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 26 | 11–15 | 42% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 54 | 22–29–3 | 44% |
| At home | 92 | 60–29–3 | 67% |
| On the road | 50 | 19–31 | 38% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 93 | 65–25–3 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 49 | 14–35 | 29% |
His own 142 games on file, 1931–1955, 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 1934–1955 | 3–6 | Columbia | 9 | |
| Charles Caldwell 1946–1955 | 2–7 | Princeton | 9 | |
| Rip Engle 1947–1955 | 1–7 | Brown, Penn State | 8 | |
| Ed Danowski 1947–1954 | 4–2 | Fordham | 6 | |
| Gilmour Dobie 1931–1935 | 3–2 | Cornell | 5 | |
| Bob Higgins 1933–1937 | 3–1–1 | Penn State | 5 | |
| Herb McCracken 1931–1935 | 4–0 | Lafayette | 4 | |
| Alva Kelley 1951–1955 | 3–1 | Brown | 4 | |
| Al Kawal 1949–1952 | 2–2 | Temple | 4 | |
| Ducky Pond 1934–1937 | 0–4 | Yale | 4 |
Harvey Harman’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayetteseries | 15 | 14–1 |
| Princetonseries | 11 | 3–8 |
| Penn Stateseries | 11 | 3–7–1 |
| Lehighseries | 10 | 6–4 |
| Columbiaseries | 9 | 3–6 |
| Brownseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| New York Universityseries | 7 | 7–0 |
| Cornellseries | 7 | 4–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–29 | Haverford | Head coach | |
| 1930 | Sewanee | Head coach | |
| 1931–37 | Penn | Head coach | |
| 1938–41 | Rutgers | Head coach | |
| 1946–55 | Rutgers | 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
- Frank BurnsRutgers, Johns Hopkins
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Burns | Rutgers, 1949–50: freshmen backfield; 1955: backfield coach | Rutgers, Johns Hopkins |
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.