Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly went 0–8–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1914 at Holy Cross, 1915 at Holy Cross, 1916 at Holy Cross and 1917 at Holy Cross. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1914, 2–5–1, 1915, 3–3–2, 1916, 4–5 and 1917, 3–4); by them his record is 12–17–3. Share
- Record
- 0–8–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1915 0–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Holy Cross | 0–2–1 (Wikipedia: 2–5–1) | ||
| 1915 | Holy Cross | 0–1–1 (Wikipedia: 3–3–2) | ||
| 1916 | Holy Cross | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 4–5) | ||
| 1917 | Holy Cross | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 3–4) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 0–2–2 | 25% |
| At home | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| On the road | 7 | 0–5–2 | 14% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 0–7–2 | 11% |
His own 10 games on file, 1914–1917, 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 1914–1916 | 0–2–1 | Army | 3 |
Luke Kelly’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Armyseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Carlisleseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Princetonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Rutgersseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Cornellseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Brownseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Colgateseries | 1 | 0–1 |