John Field
John Field went 7–2–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1911 at Yale. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 7–2–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1911 7–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Yale | 7–2–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Art HoweConsensus All‑American, 1911
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 0–2–1 | 17% |
| At home | 8 | 7–1 | 88% |
| On the road | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 7–2 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–0–1 | 50% |
His own 10 games on file, 1911, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Crossseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Brownseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Virginia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Colgateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| New York Universityseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Wesleyan (CT)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Harvardseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- A.E. BridesNorth Carolina, Massachusetts
- Foster SanfordVirginia, Cornell, Columbia, Rutgers
- Fred MurphyMissouri, Northwestern, Denver, Kentucky
- Paul WithingtonWisconsin, Columbia
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.E. Brides | Yale, 1911: line coach | North Carolina, Massachusetts | |
| Foster Sanford | Yale, 1911: assistant coach | Virginia, Cornell, Columbia, Rutgers | |
| Fred Murphy | Yale, 1911: field coach | Missouri, Northwestern, Denver, Kentucky | |
| Paul Withington | Yale, 1911: line coach | Wisconsin, Columbia |
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.