Joe Mills
Joe Mills went 12–14–1 as a head coach, 1908–1919, at Baylor and Colorado. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1908–09 at Baylor. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 12–14–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1919 2–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Baylor * | 3–5 | ||||
| 1909 | Baylor * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1910–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1918 | Colorado | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1919 | Colorado | 2–3–1 | 6th | |||
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| At home | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58% |
| On the road | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
His own 11 games on file, 1918–1919, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Denverseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Lieutenantsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Utahseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Utah Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Northern Coloradoseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904–06 | Fort Worth service team | Head coach | |
| 1907 | Polytechnic (TX) | Head coach | |
| 1908–09 | Baylor | Head coach | |
| 1918–19 | Colorado | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.