Jim Yeager
Jim Yeager went 40–36–3 as a head coach, 1937–1947, at Iowa State and Colorado. Share
- Record
- 40–36–3 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1938 7–1–1
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Iowa State | 3–6 | ||
| 1938 | Iowa State | 7–1–1 | ||
| 1939 | Iowa State | 2–7 | ||
| 1940 | Iowa State | 4–5 | ||
| 1941 | Colorado | 3–4–1 | ||
| 1942 | Colorado | 7–2 | ||
| 1943 | Colorado | 5–2 | ||
| 1944–45: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1946 | Colorado | 5–4–1 | ||
| 1947 | Colorado | 4–5 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Ed BockConsensus All‑American, 1938
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 23 | 12–10–1 | 54% |
| Conference games | 46 | 23–20–3 | 53% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 30 | 17–10–3 | 62% |
| At home | 40 | 28–11–1 | 71% |
| On the road | 39 | 12–25–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 39 | 31–6–2 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 40 | 9–30–1 | 24% |
His own 79 games on file, 1937–1947, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Faurot 1937–1947 | 1–7 | Missouri | 8 | |
| Ike Armstrong 1941–1947 | 2–4 | Utah | 6 | |
| E. Lowell Romney 1941–1947 | 3–1 | Utah State | 4 | |
| Vee Green 1937–1940 | 2–2 | Drake | 4 | |
| Biff Jones 1937–1940 | 1–3 | Nebraska | 4 | |
| Tom Stidham 1937–1940 | 0–4 | Oklahoma | 4 | |
| Bunny Oakes 1941–1946 | 3–0 | Wyoming | 3 | |
| Wesley Fry 1937–1939 | 2–0–1 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Edwin Kimball 1941–1947 | 1–1–1 | BYU | 3 |
Jim Yeager’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouriseries | 8 | 1–7 |
| Denverseries | 7 | 2–4–1 |
| Utahseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Wyomingseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Utah Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
| BYUseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |