Hugo Bezdek
Hugo Bezdek went 127–58–16 as a head coach, 1906–1949, at Oregon, Arkansas, Mare Island, Penn State and Delaware Valley. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1917, 3–3); by them his record is 126–58–16. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1906, 1913–15 at Oregon (on file under another coach); 1917 at Mare Island; 1949 at Delaware Valley. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 127–58–16 career
- Seasons
- 24
- Schools
- 5
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Hall of Fame
- 1954 inducted
- Best season
- 1909 7–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Oregon * | 5–0–1 | ||||
| 1907: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1908 | Arkansas | 5–4 | ||||
| 1909 | Arkansas | 7–0 | ||||
| 1910 | Arkansas | 7–1 | ||||
| 1911 | Arkansas | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1912 | Arkansas | 4–6 | ||||
| 1913 | Oregon * | 3–3–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1914 | Oregon * | 4–2–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1915 | Oregon * | 7–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1916 | Oregon | 7–0–1 | 2nd | Rose Bowl W | ||
| 1917 | Oregon | 4–3 (Wikipedia: 3–3) | 4th | |||
| 1917 | Mare Island * | 1–0 | Rose W | |||
| 1918 | Penn State | 1–2–1 | ||||
| 1919 | Penn State | 7–1 | ||||
| 1920 | Penn State | 7–0–2 | ||||
| 1921 | Penn State | 8–0–2 | ||||
| 1922 | Penn State | 6–4–1 | Rose Bowl L | |||
| 1923 | Penn State | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1924 | Penn State | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1925 | Penn State | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1926 | Penn State | 5–4 | ||||
| 1927 | Penn State | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1928 | Penn State | 3–5–1 | ||||
| 1929 | Penn State | 6–3 | ||||
| 1930–48: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1949 | Delaware Valley * | 2–5 | ||||
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.
Players he coached
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Charley WayConsensus All‑American, 1920- Bob HigginsConsensus All‑American, 1919
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 rivals | 37 | 10–21–6 | 35% |
| Conference games | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 47 | 18–16–13 | 52% |
| At home | 99 | 83–11–5 | 86% |
| On the road | 63 | 21–34–8 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 117 | 94–15–8 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 47 | 11–31–5 | 29% |
His own 164 games on file, 1908–1929, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Warner 1918–1923 | 1–3–2 | Pittsburgh | 6 | |
| Jock Sutherland 1924–1929 | 0–6 | Pittsburgh | 6 | |
| Bob Folwell 1921–1924 | 3–1 | Navy | 4 | |
| William Alexander 1921–1925 | 2–2 | Georgia Tech | 4 | |
| Charley Moran 1910–1926 | 2–1 | Texas A&M, Bucknell | 3 | |
| Tom Keady 1918–1920 | 2–0–1 | Lehigh | 3 | |
| Herb McCracken 1927–1929 | 2–1 | Lafayette | 3 | |
| Lew Andreas 1927–1929 | 2–0–1 | Syracuse | 3 | |
| Clarence Spears 1919–1923 | 1–1–1 | Dartmouth, West Virginia | 3 | |
| Pete Reynolds 1919–1926 | 1–2 | Bucknell, Syracuse | 3 |
Hugo Bezdek’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburghseries | 12 | 1–9–2 |
| Lebanon Valleyseries | 10 | 10–0 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 10 | 6–3–1 |
| Gettysburgseries | 8 | 8–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 8 | 2–4–2 |
| LSUseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Bucknellseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Washington St. Louisseries | 4 | 4–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Oregon | Head coach | |
| 1907 | Chicago | Assistant coach | |
| 1908–12 | Arkansas | Head coach | |
| 1913–16 | Oregon | Head coach | |
| 1917 | Oregon | Head coach | |
| 1918–29 | Penn State | Head coach | |
| 1937–38 | Cleveland Rams NFL | Head coach | |
| 1949 | Delaware Valley | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Amos Alonzo StaggChicago
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dick HarlowPenn State, Colgate, Harvard, McDaniel
- Bob HigginsWashington St. Louis, Penn State, West Virginia Wesleyan, Washington University
- Joe BedenkPenn State
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | Chicago | 1907 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Harlow | Penn State, 1919–21: assistant coach | Penn State, Colgate, Harvard, McDaniel | |
| Bob Higgins | Penn State, 1928–29: assistant coach | Washington St. Louis, Penn State, West Virginia Wesleyan, Washington University | |
| Joe Bedenk | Penn State, 1929: assistant coach | Penn State |
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.