Ox DaGrosa
Ox DaGrosa went 17–10–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1945 at Holy Cross, 1946 at Holy Cross and 1947 at Holy Cross. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 17–10–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1945 8–2
Season by season
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| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Holy Cross | 8–2 | Orange Bowl L | ||
| 1946 | Holy Cross | 5–4 | |||
| 1947 | Holy Cross | 4–4–2 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 4–0 | 100% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 6–8–2 | 44% |
| At home | 19 | 12–5–2 | 68% |
| On the road | 9 | 5–4 | 56% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 16–7–2 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
His own 29 games on file, 1945–1947, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Morrison 1945–1947 | 2–1 | Temple | 3 | |
| Rip Engle 1945–1947 | 2–1 | Brown | 3 | |
| DeOrmond McLaughry 1945–1947 | 1–1–1 | Dartmouth | 3 | |
| Jordan Olivar 1945–1947 | 1–2 | Villanova | 3 |
Ox DaGrosa’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Collegeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Templeseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Brownseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Colgateseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Dartmouthseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Villanovaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Syracuseseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Harvardseries | 2 | 0–2 |