Lloyd Jordan

Lloyd Jordan went 24–⁠31–⁠3 as a head coach in the games on file: 1950 at Harvard, 1951 at Harvard, 1952 at Harvard, 1953 at Harvard, 1954 at Harvard, 1955 at Harvard and 1956 at Harvard. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share

Record: 24–⁠31–⁠3 games on file
Seasons: 7
Schools: 1
Final AP top 10: 0 seasons
Hall of Fame: 1978 inducted
Best season: 1953 6–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1496 in 1953

Season	School	Record
1950	Harvard	1–⁠7
1951	Harvard	3–⁠5–⁠1
1952	Harvard	5–⁠4
1953	Harvard	6–⁠2
1954	Harvard	4–⁠3–⁠1
1955	Harvard	3–⁠4–⁠1
1956	Harvard	2–⁠6

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

How his teams did

Kind of game	Games	Record	Won
Against ranked teams	6	0–⁠6	0%
Against top-10 teams	3	0–⁠3	0%
Against rivals	22	7–⁠14–⁠1	34%
Conference games	7	2–⁠5	29%
Decided by 8 points or fewer	28	13–⁠12–⁠3	52%
At home	42	19–⁠21–⁠2	48%
On the road	16	5–⁠10–⁠1	34%
As our Elo’s favorite	31	16–⁠13–⁠2	55%
As our Elo’s underdog	27	8–⁠18–⁠1	31%

His own 58 games on file, 1950–⁠1956, 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	Games
Charles Caldwell 1950–⁠1956	2–⁠5	Princeton	7
Lou Little 1950–⁠1956	1–⁠6	Columbia	7
Alva Kelley 1951–⁠1956	2–⁠3–⁠1	Brown	6
DeOrmond McLaughry 1950–⁠1954	2–⁠3	Dartmouth	5
George James 1950–⁠1956	2–⁠3	Cornell	5
Jordan Olivar 1952–⁠1956	2–⁠3	Yale	5

Lloyd Jordan’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
Dartmouth series	7	3–⁠4
Brown series	7	3–⁠3–⁠1
Yale series	7	2–⁠4–⁠1
Princeton series	7	2–⁠5
Columbia series	7	1–⁠6
Cornell series	5	2–⁠3
Springfield series	2	2–⁠0
Ohio series	2	2–⁠0