Howard Gargan
Howard Gargan went 7–6–3 as a head coach in the games on file: 1908 at Fordham, 1909 at Fordham, 1910 at Rutgers, 1911 at Rutgers and 1912 at Rutgers. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record five seasons differently (1908, 17–3–1, 1909, 13–2–2, 1910, 3–2–3, 1911, 4–4–1 and 1912, 5–4); by them his record is 42–15–7. Share
- Record
- 7–6–3 games on file
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1909 5–1–2
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Fordham | 2–1 (Wikipedia: 17–3–1) | ||
| 1909 | Fordham | 5–1–2 (Wikipedia: 13–2–2) | ||
| 1910 | Rutgers | 0–0–1 (Wikipedia: 3–2–3) | ||
| 1911 | Rutgers | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 4–4–1) | ||
| 1912 | Rutgers | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 5–4) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 3–1–3 | 64% |
| At home | 7 | 5–0–2 | 86% |
| On the road | 9 | 2–6–1 | 28% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 6–0–2 | 88% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 1–6–1 | 19% |
His own 16 games on file, 1908–1912, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Princetonseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Georgetownseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Armyseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Holy Crossseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Rutgersseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Cornellseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Villanovaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Rensselaerseries | 1 | 1–0 |