Justa Lindgren
Justa Lindgren went 17–16–2 as a head coach, 1902–1906, at Cornell and Illinois. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1902–03 at Cornell; 1904 at Illinois (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 17–16–2 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1906 1–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Cornell * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1903 | Cornell * | 1–8 | ||||
| 1904 | Illinois * | 9–2–1 | 4th | |||
| 1905: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1906 | Illinois | 1–3–1 | 5th | |||
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 | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–0–1 | 75% |
| At home | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| On the road | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–0–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
His own five games on file, 1906, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Purdueseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Chicagoseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wabashseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
| Michiganseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Illinois 1901
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902–03 | Cornell (IA) | Head coach | |
| 1904 | Illinois | Head coach | |
| 1905 | Illinois | Line coach | |
| 1906 | Illinois | Head coach | |
| 1907–43 | Illinois | Line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Fred LowenthalIllinois
- Arthur HallIllinois
- Robert ZuppkeIllinois
- Ray EliotIllinois
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Lowenthal | Illinois | 1905 | Line coach | |
| Arthur Hall | Illinois | 1907–12 | Line coach | |
| Robert Zuppke | Illinois | 1913–41 | Line coach | |
| Ray Eliot | Illinois | 1942–43 | Line 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.