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James Halligan, head coach at Massachusetts
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James Halligan

James Halligan went 19–⁠10–⁠3 as a head coach, 1901–⁠1905, at Massachusetts and Delaware Valley. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1901, 9–⁠1); by them his record is 20–⁠10–⁠3.

Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1904–⁠05 at Delaware Valley. They’re marked in the table.

Record
19–⁠10–⁠3 career
Seasons
5
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1901 8–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1374 in 1901
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1901Massachusetts8–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 9–⁠1)
1902Massachusetts2–⁠3–⁠2
1903Massachusetts5–⁠4
1904Delaware Valley *3–⁠0–⁠1
1905Delaware Valley *1–⁠2

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals22–⁠0
Decided by 8 points or fewer137–⁠4–⁠2
At home117–⁠4
On the road148–⁠4–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite76–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog189–⁠7–⁠2

His own 25 games on file, 1901–⁠1903, 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
Tuftsseries33–⁠0
Amherstseries31–⁠2
Holy Crossseries31–⁠1–⁠1
Boston Collegeseries22–⁠0
WPIseries21–⁠1
Wesleyan (CT)series21–⁠1
Dartmouthseries20–⁠1–⁠1
Williamsseries20–⁠2

Career

YearsTeamJob
1901–⁠03MassachusettsHead coach
1904–⁠05Delaware ValleyHead coach

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