Matthew Bullock, head coach at Massachusetts
Photo: R. W. Bullock, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Matthew Bullock

Matthew Bullock went 28–⁠17–⁠6 as a head coach, 1904–⁠1926, at Massachusetts, Atlanta Baptist, Lincoln and Alabama A&M.

Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1907–⁠08 at Massachusetts (on file under another coach); 1909–⁠11 at Atlanta Baptist; 1916 at Lincoln; 1924–⁠26 at Alabama A&M. They’re marked in the table.

Record
28–⁠17–⁠6 career
Seasons
10
Schools
4
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1904 5–⁠2–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national title
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1904Massachusetts5–⁠2–⁠1
1905–⁠06: not a college head coach
1907Massachusetts *5–⁠3–⁠1
1908Massachusetts *3–⁠3–⁠3
1909Atlanta Baptist *5–⁠0–⁠1
1910Atlanta Baptist *4–⁠1
1911Atlanta Baptist *4–⁠1
1912–⁠15: not a college head coach
1916Lincoln *2–⁠34th
1917–⁠23: not a college head coach
1924Alabama A&M *0–⁠2
1925Alabama A&M *0–⁠1
1926Alabama A&M *0–⁠1

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
Decided by 8 points or fewer10–⁠0–⁠1
At home22–⁠0
On the road63–⁠2–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite33–⁠0
As our Elo’s underdog52–⁠2–⁠1

His own eight games on file, 1904, 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
Springfieldseries11–⁠0
Tuftsseries11–⁠0
Williamsseries11–⁠0
WPIseries11–⁠0
Wesleyan (CT)series11–⁠0
Holy Crossseries10–⁠0–⁠1
Dartmouthseries10–⁠1
Brownseries10–⁠1