Joseph Beacham
Joseph Beacham went 11–4–2 as a head coach, 1896–1911, at Cornell and Army. Share
- Record
- 11–4–2 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1911 6–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Cornell | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1897–10: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1911 | Army | 6–1–1 | ||||
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.
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. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 3–1–2 | 67% |
| At home | 13 | 11–1–1 | 88% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–2–1 | 17% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 10–0–2 | 92% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
His own 17 games on file, 1896–1911, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bucknellseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Colgateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Yaleseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tuftsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Rutgersseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Lehighseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Vermontseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Cornell 1896
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Cornell | Head coach | |
| 1911 | Army | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.