M.H. Horr, head coach at Purdue
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M.H. Horr

M.H. Horr went 6–⁠14–⁠1 as a head coach, 1909–⁠1912, at Northwestern and Purdue.

Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1909 at Northwestern; 1912 at Purdue (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.

Record
6–⁠14–⁠1 career
Seasons
4
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1911 3–⁠4

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1392 in 1911
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1909Northwestern *1–⁠3–⁠1T–5th
1910Purdue1–⁠58th
1911Purdue3–⁠46th
1912Purdue *1–⁠2T–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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals61–⁠5
Conference games81–⁠7
Decided by 8 points or fewer63–⁠3
At home83–⁠5
On the road51–⁠4
As our Elo’s favorite53–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog81–⁠7

His own 13 games on file, 1910–⁠1911, 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
DePauwseries22–⁠0
Indianaseries21–⁠1
Chicagoseries20–⁠2
Wabashseries20–⁠2
Illinoisseries20–⁠2
Iowaseries20–⁠2
Rose Hulmanseries11–⁠0