Laurie Bliss, head coach at Army and Lehigh
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Laurie Bliss

Laurie Bliss went 7–⁠11 as a head coach, 1893–⁠1895, at Army and Lehigh.

Record
7–⁠11 career
Seasons
2
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1893 4–⁠5

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1421 in 1893
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1893Army4–⁠5
1894: not a college head coach
1895Lehigh3–⁠6

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals30–⁠3
Decided by 8 points or fewer84–⁠4
At home115–⁠6
On the road72–⁠5
As our Elo’s favorite85–⁠3
As our Elo’s underdog102–⁠8

His own 18 games on file, 1893–⁠1895, 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
Lafayetteseries31–⁠2
Navyseries21–⁠1
Princetonseries20–⁠2
Amherstseries11–⁠0
Rutgersseries11–⁠0
Trinity (CT)series11–⁠0
Union (NY)series11–⁠0
Baltimore A.C.series11–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1893ArmyHead coach
1895LehighHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.