J.R. Richards
J.R. Richards went 58–21–8 as a head coach, 1905–1922, at Colorado College, Wisconsin and Ohio State. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1912 at Ohio State. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 58–21–8 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1920 6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Colorado College | 5–1–2 | ||||
| 1906 | Colorado College | 3–2–2 | T–4th | |||
| 1907 | Colorado College | 5–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1908 | Colorado College | 5–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1909 | Colorado College | 5–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1910: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1911 | Wisconsin | 5–1–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1912 | Ohio State * | 6–3 | 1st | |||
| 1913–16: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1917 | Wisconsin | 4–2–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1918: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | Wisconsin | 5–2 | T–4th | |||
| 1920 | Wisconsin | 6–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1921 | Wisconsin | 5–1–1 | 4th | |||
| 1922 | Wisconsin | 4–2–1 | 4th | |||
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
Ralph ScottConsensus All‑American, 1920
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 | 8 | 6–1–1 | 81% |
| Conference games | 29 | 17–9–3 | 64% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 34 | 14–12–8 | 53% |
| At home | 50 | 35–10–5 | 75% |
| On the road | 28 | 17–8–3 | 66% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 54 | 42–10–2 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 10–8–6 | 54% |
His own 78 games on file, 1905–1922, 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.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Alonzo Stagg 1911–1922 | 3–2–1 | Chicago | 6 | |
| Henry Williams 1911–1921 | 3–1–1 | Minnesota | 5 | |
| Robert Zuppke 1917–1922 | 3–2 | Illinois | 5 | |
| Claude Rothgeb 1906–1909 | 2–1 | Colorado State | 3 | |
| Joseph Maddock 1906–1908 | 2–1 | Utah | 3 | |
| John Wilce 1917–1920 | 0–3 | Ohio State | 3 |
J.R. Richards’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs Highseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 6 | 4–1–1 |
| Chicagoseries | 6 | 3–2–1 |
| Denverseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| Illinoisseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 5 | 2–1–2 |
| Northwesternseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Wisconsin 1895–96
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Shurtleff | Head coach | |
| 1905–09 | Colorado College | Head coach | |
| 1911 | Wisconsin | Head coach | |
| 1912 | Ohio State | Head coach | |
| 1917 | Wisconsin | Head coach | |
| 1919–22 | Wisconsin | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- John WilceOhio State
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Wilce | Wisconsin, 1911: assistant coach | Ohio 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.