Percy Haughton, head coach at Cornell, Harvard and Columbia
Photo: Bain, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Percy Haughton

Percy Haughton went 96–⁠17–⁠6 as a head coach, 1899–⁠1924, at Cornell, Harvard and Columbia. His teams claim three national titles: Harvard in 1910, 1912 and 1913. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1909, 9–⁠1 and 1910, 9–⁠0–⁠1); by them his record is 98–⁠17–⁠6.

Record
96–⁠17–⁠6 career
Seasons
13
Schools
3
National titles
3 claimed: 1910, 1912 and 1913
Hall of Fame
1951 inducted
Best season
1912 9–⁠0

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1731 in 1913
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1899Cornell7–⁠3
1900Cornell10–⁠2
1901–⁠07: not a college head coach
1908Harvard9–⁠0–⁠1
1909Harvard8–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 9–⁠1)
1910Harvard8–⁠0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 9–⁠0–⁠1)
1911Harvard6–⁠2–⁠1
1912Harvard9–⁠0
1913Harvard9–⁠0
1914Harvard7–⁠0–⁠2
1915Harvard8–⁠1
1916Harvard7–⁠3
1917–⁠22: not a college head coach
1923Columbia4–⁠4–⁠1
1924Columbia coached five of nine games4–⁠1

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

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals2719–⁠6–⁠2
Decided by 8 points or fewer3825–⁠7–⁠6
At home10087–⁠9–⁠4
On the road199–⁠8–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite10088–⁠8–⁠4
As our Elo’s underdog198–⁠9–⁠2

His own 119 games on file, 1899–⁠1924, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Edward Robinson 1910–⁠19165–⁠1–⁠1Brown7
Albert Sharpe 1913–⁠19162–⁠1Cornell3

Percy Haughton’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Williamsseries98–⁠1
Brownseries97–⁠1–⁠1
Yaleseries95–⁠2–⁠2
Princetonseries87–⁠1
Batesseries77–⁠0
Dartmouthseries76–⁠1
Cornellseries64–⁠2
Maineseries44–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1899–⁠1900CornellHead coach
1908–⁠16HarvardHead coach
1917Camp Devens service teamHead coach
1923–⁠24ColumbiaHead coach

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

Coaching tree

Percy Haughton

Assistants who became head coaches

Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Charles DalyHarvard, 1908: assistant coachArmy
Ernest GravesHarvard, 1908: line coachArmy
Thomas CampbellHarvard, 1913–⁠14: assistant coachNorth Carolina, Virginia, Bowdoin
Paul WithingtonHarvard, 1915: assistant coach; Columbia, 1923–⁠24: assistant coachWisconsin, Columbia
A.E. BridesColumbia, 1924: line coachNorth Carolina, Massachusetts

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.