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Jennings Whitworth

Jennings Whitworth went 22–⁠27–⁠2 as a head coach, 1950–⁠1954, at Oklahoma State.

Record
22–⁠27–⁠2 career
Seasons
5
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1953 7–⁠3

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1556 in 1953
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1950Oklahoma State4–⁠6–⁠1
1951Oklahoma State3–⁠7
1952Oklahoma State3–⁠7
1953Oklahoma State7–⁠3
1954Oklahoma State5–⁠4–⁠1

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

Players he coached

Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams70–⁠6–⁠1
Against top-10 teams50–⁠5
Against rivals122–⁠9–⁠1
Conference games2111–⁠9–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer229–⁠11–⁠2
At home2412–⁠12
On the road2710–⁠15–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite2214–⁠8
As our Elo’s underdog298–⁠19–⁠2

His own 51 games on file, 1950–⁠1954, 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.

Against other head coaches

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Bud Wilkinson 1950–⁠19540–⁠5Oklahoma5
Jules Sikes 1950–⁠19531–⁠3Kansas4
Clyde Lee 1951–⁠19541–⁠3Houston4
Don Faurot 1950–⁠19521–⁠2Missouri3
Otis Douglas 1950–⁠19521–⁠2Arkansas3
John Brothers 1950–⁠19520–⁠3Tulsa3

Jennings Whitworth’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Wichita Stateseries54–⁠1
Detroit Mercyseries53–⁠2
Tulsaseries52–⁠3
Kansasseries52–⁠3
Oklahomaseries50–⁠5
Arkansasseries42–⁠2
Houstonseries41–⁠3
Missouriseries31–⁠2