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James Patton

James Patton went 2–⁠16 as a head coach, 1953–⁠1954, at New Mexico State.

Record
2–⁠16 career
Seasons
2
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1953 2–⁠7

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1209 in 1953
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1953New Mexico State2–⁠7
1954New Mexico State0–⁠9

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 rivals40–⁠4
Conference games91–⁠8
Decided by 8 points or fewer42–⁠2
At home92–⁠7
On the road80–⁠8
At neutral sites10–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite41–⁠3
As our Elo’s underdog141–⁠13

His own 18 games on file, 1953–⁠1954, 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
West Texasseries21–⁠1
Arizonaseries20–⁠2
New Mexicoseries20–⁠2
UTEPseries20–⁠2
Hardin Simmonsseries20–⁠2
Colorado Collegeseries11–⁠0
McMurryseries10–⁠1
Texas Techseries10–⁠1

Also a player: James Patton’s playing career.