Irving Pray
Irving Pray went 11–20 as a head coach, 1913–1922, at Norwich and LSU. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1913–14 at Norwich. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 11–20 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1916 7–1–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Norwich * | 0–3 | ||||
| 1914 | Norwich * | 0–8 | ||||
| 1915: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1916 | LSU 1st season, games 6–7 | 2–0 | ||||
| 1917–18: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | LSU | 6–2 | ||||
| 1920–21: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1922 | LSU | 3–7 | T–12th | |||
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 | 12 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Conference games | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| At home | 12 | 9–3 | 75% |
| On the road | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 8–3 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
His own 20 games on file, 1916–1922, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansasseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Tulaneseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Alabamaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Ole Missseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Louisianaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Mississippi Collegeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Northwestern Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Natick HS (MA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1913–14 | Norwich | Head coach | |
| 1915 | Salem HS (MA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1916 | LSU | Head coach | |
| 1919 | LSU | Head coach | |
| 1922 | LSU | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.