Jake McCandless
Jake McCandless went 18–17–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1969 at Princeton, 1970 at Princeton, 1971 at Princeton and 1972 at Princeton. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 18–17–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1969 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Princeton | 6–3 | ||
| 1970 | Princeton | 5–4 | ||
| 1971 | Princeton | 4–5 | ||
| 1972 | Princeton | 3–5–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 16 | 8–8 | 50% |
| Conference games | 28 | 14–13–1 | 52% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 14 | 5–8–1 | 39% |
| At home | 21 | 11–9–1 | 55% |
| On the road | 15 | 7–8 | 47% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 15–9–1 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 11 | 3–8 | 27% |
His own 36 games on file, 1969–1972, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Jardine 1969–1972 | 4–0 | Brown | 4 | |
| Frank Navarro 1969–1972 | 2–1–1 | Columbia | 4 | |
| John Bateman 1969–1972 | 2–2 | Rutgers | 4 | |
| Neil Wheelwright 1969–1972 | 2–2 | Colgate | 4 | |
| Jack Musick 1969–1972 | 1–3 | Cornell | 4 | |
| Carmen Cozza 1969–1972 | 0–4 | Yale | 4 |
Jake McCandless’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brownseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Harvardseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Rutgersseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Columbiaseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| Colgateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Dartmouthseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Cornellseries | 4 | 1–3 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank CignettiWest Virginia, IU Pennsylvania
- Doug GerhartOccidental
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Cignetti | Princeton, 1969: assistant coach | West Virginia, IU Pennsylvania | |
| Doug Gerhart | Princeton, 1970: offensive backs coach | Occidental |
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.