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Mike Brumbelow

Mike Brumbelow went 46–⁠24–⁠3 as a head coach, 1950–⁠1956, at UTEP.

Record
46–⁠24–⁠3 career
Seasons
7
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1956 9–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1616 in 1956
SeasonSchoolRecordBowlAP final
1950UTEP7–⁠3
1951UTEP3–⁠7
1952UTEP5–⁠5–⁠1
1953UTEP8–⁠2Sun Bowl W
1954UTEP8–⁠3Sun Bowl W
1955UTEP6–⁠2–⁠2
1956UTEP9–⁠2Sun Bowl L

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

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams10–⁠1
Against rivals1210–⁠1–⁠1
Conference games4225–⁠15–⁠2
Bowls and playoffs32–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer2714–⁠10–⁠3
At home3927–⁠10–⁠2
On the road3017–⁠12–⁠1
At neutral sites42–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite5336–⁠14–⁠3
As our Elo’s underdog2010–⁠10

His own 73 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Frank Kimbrough 1950–⁠19566–⁠1West Texas7
Warren Woodson 1950–⁠19565–⁠2Hardin Simmons, Arizona7
DeWitt Weaver 1951–⁠19562–⁠3–⁠1Texas Tech6
Odus Mitchell 1953–⁠19562–⁠1–⁠1North Texas4
Dudley DeGroot 1950–⁠19522–⁠1New Mexico3
Clyde Smith 1952–⁠19541–⁠2Arizona State3

Mike Brumbelow’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
New Mexico Stateseries76–⁠0–⁠1
West Texasseries76–⁠1
Arizonaseries75–⁠2
Hardin Simmonsseries73–⁠4
Texas Techseries72–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona Stateseries62–⁠4
North Texasseries62–⁠3–⁠1
New Mexicoseries54–⁠1