J.E. Platt, head coach at Texas A&M
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J.E. Platt

J.E. Platt went 13–⁠5–⁠2 as a head coach, 1902–⁠1904, at Texas A&M. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1902, 7–⁠0–⁠2); by them his record is 18–⁠5–⁠3.

Record
13–⁠5–⁠2 career
Seasons
3
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1902 2–⁠0–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1551 in 1902
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1902Texas A&M2–⁠0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 7–⁠0–⁠2)
1903Texas A&M7–⁠3–⁠1T–15
1904Texas A&M4–⁠214th

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals1410–⁠2–⁠2
Conference games20–⁠2
Decided by 8 points or fewer74–⁠1–⁠2
At home1511–⁠3–⁠1
On the road52–⁠2–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite1512–⁠2–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog51–⁠3–⁠1

His own 20 games on file, 1902–⁠1904, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
R.N. Watts 19032–⁠0–⁠1Baylor3

J.E. Platt’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Baylorseries54–⁠0–⁠1
TCUseries44–⁠0
Texasseries41–⁠2–⁠1
Trinity (Texas)series21–⁠1
Arkansasseries11–⁠0
Tulaneseries11–⁠0
Texas Deaf Schoolseries11–⁠0
Oklahomaseries10–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1902–⁠04Texas A&MHead coach

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