Myron Witham
Myron Witham went 63–31–7 as a head coach, 1906–1931, at Purdue and Colorado. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1906 at Purdue. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 63–31–7 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1923 9–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Purdue * | 0–5 | 8th | |||
| 1907–19: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1920 | Colorado | 4–1–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1921 | Colorado | 4–1–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1922 | Colorado | 4–4 | T–6th | |||
| 1923 | Colorado | 9–0 | 1st | |||
| 1924 | Colorado | 8–1–1 | 1st | |||
| 1925 | Colorado | 6–3 | 4th | |||
| 1926 | Colorado | 3–5–1 | 9th | |||
| 1927 | Colorado | 4–5 | T–6th | |||
| 1928 | Colorado | 5–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1929 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1930 | Colorado | 6–1–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1931 | Colorado | 5–3 | T–4th | |||
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 24 | 9–13–2 | 42% |
| Conference games | 77 | 50–20–7 | 69% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 34 | 19–8–7 | 66% |
| At home | 47 | 35–8–4 | 79% |
| On the road | 49 | 28–18–3 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 63 | 50–9–4 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 33 | 13–17–3 | 44% |
His own 96 games on file, 1920–1931, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hughes 1920–1931 | 7–4–1 | Colorado State | 12 | |
| Ike Armstrong 1925–1931 | 0–7 | Utah | 7 | |
| Thomas Fitzpatrick 1920–1924 | 2–2–1 | Utah | 5 | |
| Fred Dawson 1925–1928 | 2–2 | Denver | 4 | |
| William Saunders 1928–1930 | 3–0 | Northern Colorado | 3 | |
| Fred Murphy 1920–1922 | 2–1 | Denver | 3 | |
| Jeff Cravath 1929–1931 | 2–0–1 | Denver | 3 | |
| Ott Romney 1925–1927 | 1–2 | Montana State | 3 |
Myron Witham’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 12 | 12–0 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 12 | 9–2–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 12 | 7–4–1 |
| Denverseries | 12 | 7–3–2 |
| Utahseries | 12 | 2–9–1 |
| Northern Coloradoseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Western Coloradoseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Wyomingseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank PottsColorado
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Potts | Colorado, 1927: assistant coach | Colorado |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.