J. Merrill Blanchard

J. Merrill Blanchard went 0–⁠2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1904 at William & Mary and 1910 at William & Mary. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1904, 3–⁠3 and 1910, 1–⁠7–⁠1); by them his record is 4–⁠10–⁠1.

Record
0–⁠2 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1904 0–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1479 in 1904
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1904William & Mary0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 3–⁠3)
1905–⁠09: not a college head coach
1910William & Mary0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 1–⁠7–⁠1)

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals10–⁠1
On the road20–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog20–⁠2

His own two games on file, 1904–⁠1910, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Virginiaseries10–⁠1
Virginia Techseries10–⁠1