Lake Russell

Lake Russell went 0–⁠4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1929 at Mercer and 1930 at Mercer. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1929, 2–⁠7 and 1930, 4–⁠5); by them his record is 6–⁠12.

Record
0–⁠4 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1929 0–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1388 in 1929
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1929Mercer0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 2–⁠7)
1930Mercer0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠5)

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

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
At home10–⁠1
On the road30–⁠3
As our Elo’s favorite10–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog30–⁠3

His own four games on file, 1929–⁠1930, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Wake Forestseries20–⁠2
Georgiaseries10–⁠1
Dukeseries10–⁠1