Pat Dwyer
Pat Dwyer went 28–22–2 as a head coach, 1911–1925, at LSU and Toledo. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923–25 at Toledo. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 28–22–2 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1913 6–1–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | LSU | 6–3 | ||||
| 1912 | LSU | 4–3 | ||||
| 1913 | LSU | 6–1–2 | ||||
| 1914–22: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1923 | Toledo * | 6–4 | 1st | |||
| 1924 | Toledo * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1925 | Toledo * | 1–8 | ||||
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 | 13 | 5–6–2 | 46% |
| Conference games | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 11 | 4–5–2 | 45% |
| At home | 13 | 11–2 | 85% |
| On the road | 12 | 5–5–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 16 | 13–2–1 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
His own 25 games on file, 1911–1913, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Chadwick 1911–1913 | 0–2–1 | Mississippi State | 3 |
Pat Dwyer’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Arkansasseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Baylorseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Mississippi Collegeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Auburnseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Auburn | Assistant coach | |
| 1911–13 | LSU | Head coach | |
| 1914 | Penn | Assistant coach | |
| 1918–21 | Scott HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1922 | Detroit | Line coach | |
| 1923–25 | Toledo | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mike DonahueAuburn
- George BrookePennsylvania
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Donahue | Auburn | 1908 | Assistant coach | |
| George Brooke | Pennsylvania | 1914 | Assistant coach |
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.