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Patrick O'Dea, head coach at Notre Dame and Missouri
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Patrick O’Dea

Patrick O’Dea went 24–⁠10–⁠2 as a head coach, 1900–⁠1903, at Notre Dame, Missouri and Kirksville Osteopaths.

One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1903 at Kirksville Osteopaths. It’s marked in the table.

Record
24–⁠10–⁠2 career
Seasons
4
Schools
3
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1901 8–⁠1–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1562 in 1901
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1900Notre Dame6–⁠3–⁠1
1901Notre Dame8–⁠1–⁠1
1902Missouri5–⁠3
1903Kirksville Osteopaths *5–⁠3

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
Against rivals62–⁠4
Decided by 8 points or fewer127–⁠3–⁠2
At home1715–⁠0–⁠2
On the road114–⁠7
As our Elo’s favorite1916–⁠1–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog93–⁠6

His own 28 games on file, 1900–⁠1902, 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
Physicians & Surgeonsseries22–⁠0
Indianaseries21–⁠1
Beloitseries21–⁠0–⁠1
South Bend A.C.series21–⁠0–⁠1
Washington St. Louisseries11–⁠0
Oklahomaseries11–⁠0
Lake Forestseries11–⁠0
Cincinnatiseries11–⁠0

Other roles

From each season’s Wikipedia article.

Career

YearsTeamJob
1900–⁠01Notre DameHead coach
1902MissouriHead coach
1903Kirksville OsteopathsHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.