John Chalmers
John Chalmers went 72–31–4 as a head coach, 1902–1924, at Franklin & Marshall, Iowa and Dubuque. Share
12 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1902 at Franklin & Marshall; 1914–24 at Dubuque. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 72–31–4 career
- Seasons
- 15
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1903 9–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Franklin & Marshall * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1903 | Iowa | 9–2 | 5th | |||
| 1904 | Iowa | 7–4 | T–7th | |||
| 1905 | Iowa | 8–2 | T–7th | |||
| 1906–13: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1914 | Dubuque * | 1–1 | ||||
| 1915 | Dubuque * | 7–0 | ||||
| 1916 | Dubuque * | 5–1 | ||||
| 1917 | Dubuque * | 5–0–1 | ||||
| 1918 | Dubuque * | 2–1 | ||||
| 1919 | Dubuque * | 6–1 | ||||
| 1920 | Dubuque * | 4–1–1 | ||||
| 1921 | Dubuque * | 4–2–1 | ||||
| 1922 | Dubuque * | 3–4 | ||||
| 1923 | Dubuque * | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1924 | Dubuque * | 1–6 | ||||
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 | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Conference games | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 4–0 | 100% |
| At home | 20 | 18–2 | 90% |
| On the road | 12 | 6–6 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 21 | 21–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 11 | 3–8 | 27% |
His own 32 games on file, 1903–1905, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Williams 1903–1905 | 0–3 | Minnesota | 3 |
John Chalmers’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grinnellseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Coeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Drakeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Northern Iowaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Minnesotaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Cornell (IA)series | 2 | 2–0 |
| Illinoisseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Lafayette 1900
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Dubuque HS (IA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1902 | Franklin & Marshall | Head coach | |
| 1903–05 | Iowa | Head coach | |
| 1906 | Iowa | Assistant coach | |
| 1907–13 | St. Joseph’s (IA) | Head coach | |
| 1914–24 | Dubuque | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mark CatlinIowa
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Catlin | Iowa | 1906 | Assistant coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.