Laurence Bankart
Laurence Bankart went 28–7–3 as a head coach in the games on file: 1910 at Colgate, 1913 at Colgate, 1914 at Colgate, 1915 at Colgate and 1916 at Colgate. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 28–7–3 games on file
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1916 8–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Colgate | 4–2–1 | ||
| 1911–12: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1913 | Colgate | 6–1–1 | ||
| 1914 | Colgate | 5–2–1 | ||
| 1915 | Colgate | 5–1 | ||
| 1916 | Colgate | 8–1 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Ellery Huntington Jr.Consensus All‑American, 1913- Oscar AndersonConsensus All‑American, 1916
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 | 7 | 4–1–2 | 71% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 4–2–3 | 61% |
| At home | 16 | 15–1 | 94% |
| On the road | 22 | 13–6–3 | 66% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 23 | 21–1–1 | 93% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 15 | 7–6–2 | 53% |
His own 38 games on file, 1910–1916, 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
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Daly 1913–1915 | 1–2 | Army | 3 | |
| Frank “Buck” O’Neill 1913–1915 | 1–1–1 | Syracuse | 3 |
Laurence Bankart’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Rochester (NY)series | 5 | 5–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| Yaleseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Armyseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Susquehannaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Cornellseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Brownseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Trinity (CT)series | 2 | 1–1 |