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Julius Johnston

Julius Johnston went 6–⁠21 as a head coach, 1940–⁠1942, at New Mexico State.

Record
6–⁠21 career
Seasons
3
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1940 3–⁠6

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1277 in 1940
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1940New Mexico State3–⁠6
1941New Mexico State2–⁠7
1942New Mexico State1–⁠8

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals60–⁠6
Conference games171–⁠16
Decided by 8 points or fewer41–⁠3
At home146–⁠8
On the road130–⁠13
As our Elo’s favorite146–⁠8
As our Elo’s underdog130–⁠13

His own 27 games on file, 1940–⁠1942, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Miles Casteel 1940–⁠19420–⁠3Arizona3

Julius Johnston’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Western New Mexicoseries33–⁠0
Northern Arizonaseries31–⁠2
Arizona Stateseries30–⁠3
Arizonaseries30–⁠3
New Mexicoseries30–⁠3
UTEPseries30–⁠3
West Texasseries20–⁠2
Bradleyseries20–⁠2