
Lewie Hardage
Lewie Hardage went 13–17–5 as a head coach, 1913–1934, at Mercer and Oklahoma. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1913 at Mercer. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 13–17–5 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1932 4–4–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Mercer * | 2–5–1 | T–16th | |||
| 1914–31: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1932 | Oklahoma | 4–4–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1933 | Oklahoma | 4–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1934 | Oklahoma | 3–4–2 | 3rd | |||
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 | 15 | 4–10–1 | 30% |
| Conference games | 15 | 8–6–1 | 57% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 15 | 4–7–4 | 40% |
| At home | 13 | 7–5–1 | 58% |
| On the road | 11 | 3–5–3 | 41% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 7–3–1 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 4–9–3 | 34% |
His own 27 games on file, 1932–1934, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Veenker 1932–1934 | 3–0 | Iowa State | 3 | |
| Frank Carideo 1932–1934 | 2–1 | Missouri | 3 | |
| Dana Bible 1932–1934 | 0–3 | Nebraska | 3 | |
| Pappy Waldorf 1932–1934 | 0–3 | Oklahoma State, Kansas State | 3 |
Lewie Hardage’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Missouriseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Texasseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Tulsaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Vanderbilt 1912
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Mercer | Head coach | |
| 1915–17 | McCallie School (TN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1921 | Gordon Military College | Head coach | |
| 1922–31 | Vanderbilt | Backfield coach | |
| 1932–34 | Oklahoma | Head coach | |
| 1935 | Furman | Backfield coach | |
| 1936–38 | Florida | Backfield coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dan McGuginVanderbilt
- Dizzy McLeodFurman
- Josh CodyFlorida
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan McGugin | Vanderbilt | 1922–31 | Backfield coach | |
| Dizzy McLeod | Furman | 1935 | Backfield coach | |
| Josh Cody | Florida | 1936–38 | Backfield 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.