Mal Stevens
Mal Stevens went 54–45–10 as a head coach, 1928–1941, at Yale and New York University. Share
- Record
- 54–45–10 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1935 7–1
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Yale | 4–4 | ||
| 1929 | Yale | 5–2–1 | ||
| 1930 | Yale | 5–2–2 | ||
| 1931 | Yale | 5–1–2 | ||
| 1932 | Yale | 2–2–3 | ||
| 1933: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1934 | New York University | 3–4–1 | ||
| 1935 | New York University | 7–1 | ||
| 1936 | New York University | 5–3–1 | ||
| 1937 | New York University | 5–4 | ||
| 1938 | New York University | 4–4 | ||
| 1939 | New York University | 5–4 | ||
| 1940 | New York University | 2–7 | ||
| 1941 | New York University | 2–7 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
- Ed BoellNo. 8 pick, 1940
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 2–8 | 20% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 5–4–1 | 55% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 39 | 16–13–10 | 54% |
| At home | 80 | 47–26–7 | 63% |
| On the road | 27 | 7–17–3 | 31% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 67 | 45–14–8 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 42 | 9–31–2 | 24% |
His own 109 games on file, 1928–1941, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Crowley 1934–1941 | 1–7 | Fordham | 8 | |
| Jack Hagerty 1934–1940 | 1–3–2 | Georgetown | 6 | |
| DeOrmond McLaughry 1928–1932 | 3–1 | Brown | 4 | |
| Jackson Cannell 1929–1932 | 2–0–2 | Dartmouth | 4 | |
| Edward Mylin 1935–1940 | 2–2 | Bucknell, Lafayette | 4 | |
| Harry Mehre 1928–1931 | 1–3 | Georgia | 4 | |
| Raymond Wolf 1936–1939 | 0–4 | North Carolina | 4 | |
| Andrew Kerr 1937–1939 | 3–0 | Colgate | 3 | |
| Bill Roper 1928–1930 | 2–1 | Princeton | 3 | |
| J. Wilder Tasker 1934–1936 | 2–1 | Rutgers | 3 |
Mal Stevens’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fordhamseries | 8 | 1–7 |
| Lafayetteseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Pennsylvania Militaryseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Georgetownseries | 6 | 1–3–2 |
| Dartmouthseries | 5 | 3–0–2 |
| Princetonseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| Carnegie Mellonseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Georgiaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
Also a player: Mal Stevens’s playing career.