Paul Bixler
Paul Bixler went 18–30–4 as a head coach, 1946–1951, at Ohio State and Colgate. Share
- Record
- 18–30–4 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1950 5–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Ohio State | 4–3–2 | T–6th | |||
| 1947 | Colgate | 1–5–2 | ||||
| 1948 | Colgate | 3–6 | ||||
| 1949 | Colgate | 1–8 | ||||
| 1950 | Colgate | 5–3 | ||||
| 1951 | Colgate | 4–5 |
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.
Players he coached
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Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
| Conference games | 6 | 2–3–1 | 42% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 7–7–4 | 50% |
| At home | 17 | 7–7–3 | 50% |
| On the road | 35 | 11–23–1 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 12–10–3 | 54% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 27 | 6–20–1 | 24% |
His own 52 games on file, 1946–1951, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George James 1947–1951 | 0–5 | Cornell | 5 | |
| Harvey Harman 1948–1951 | 1–2 | Rutgers | 3 | |
| Ben Schwartzwalder 1949–1951 | 1–2 | Syracuse | 3 | |
| Aldo Donelli 1947–1949 | 0–3 | Boston University | 3 | |
| Rip Engle 1947–1949 | 0–2–1 | Brown | 3 |
Paul Bixler’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Crossseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Syracuseseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Brownseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Cornellseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Buffaloseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Rutgersseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Boston Universityseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Western Reserveseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939–41 | Colgate | Assistant coach | |
| 1945 | Ohio State | Assistant coach | |
| 1946 | Ohio State | Head coach | |
| 1947–51 | Colgate | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Andrew KerrColgate
- Carroll WiddoesOhio State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Carroll WiddoesOhio State, Ohio
- Dick OffenhamerBuffalo
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Kerr | Colgate | 1939–41 | Assistant coach | |
| Carroll Widdoes | Ohio State | 1945 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Widdoes | Ohio State, 1946: assistant coach | Ohio State, Ohio | |
| Dick Offenhamer | Colgate, 1947–51: freshman coach | Buffalo |
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.