Pop Warner
Pop Warner went 316–108–32 as a head coach, 1895–1938, at Iowa State, Cornell, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Temple. His 1926 Stanford team claims the national title. Wikipedia’s season articles record three seasons differently (1896, 8–2, 1897, 3–1 and 1898, 3–2); by them his record is 328–112–32. By his Wikipedia article’s season table, which differs from the games on file in two seasons (1908, 1914), his record is 329–111–32. Share
- Record
- 316–108–32 career
- Seasons
- 44
- Schools
- 6
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 1926
- Hall of Fame
- 1951 inducted
- Best season
- 1917 10–0
Season by season
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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Herb SteinConsensus All‑American, 1920 and 1921- James JohnsonConsensus All‑American, 1903
- Albert ExendineConsensus All‑American, 1907
Ernie NeversConsensus All‑American, 1925- Seraphim PostConsensus All‑American, 1928
Elmer ThompsonConsensus All‑American, 1906- Isaac SenecaConsensus All‑American, 1899
- Bill CorbusConsensus All‑American, 1932
- Don RobeskyConsensus All‑American, 1928
- George McLarenConsensus All‑American, 1918
- Peter HauserConsensus All‑American, 1907
- Dale SeisConsensus All‑American, 1917
2 more
William Newman (Consensus All‑American, 1906); Jim Lawson (Consensus All‑American, 1924).
18 of the 20 players from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick, the best of each school he coached among them. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 73 | 41–23–9 | 62% |
| Conference games | 45 | 31–9–5 | 74% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 155 | 74–49–32 | 58% |
| At home | 261 | 213–35–13 | 84% |
| On the road | 191 | 102–71–18 | 58% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 345 | 282–43–20 | 85% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 111 | 34–65–12 | 36% |
His own 456 games on file, 1895–1938, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Jones 1908–1932 | 3–5–1 | Syracuse, USC | 9 | |
| George W. Hoskins 1901–1909 | 6–1 | Bucknell | 7 | |
| Frank “Buck” O’Neill 1904–1919 | 5–2 | Colgate, Syracuse | 7 | |
| Jock Sutherland 1920–1938 | 3–4 | Lafayette, Pittsburgh | 7 | |
| John Heisman 1918–1923 | 6–0 | Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Washington & Jefferson | 6 | |
| Paul Schissler 1925–1932 | 6–0 | Oregon State | 6 | |
| George Brooke 1903–1915 | 3–2–1 | Swarthmore, Pennsylvania | 6 | |
| Hugo Bezdek 1918–1923 | 3–1–2 | Penn State | 6 | |
| Tom Keady 1912–1919 | 4–1 | Lehigh | 5 | |
| Enoch Bagshaw 1925–1929 | 4–1 | Washington | 5 |
Pop Warner’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 27 | 12–11–4 |
| Syracuseseries | 18 | 12–5–1 |
| Bucknellseries | 17 | 11–3–3 |
| Penn Stateseries | 13 | 9–1–3 |
| Washington & Jeffersonseries | 13 | 9–1–3 |
| Lebanon Valleyseries | 12 | 12–0 |
| Villanovaseries | 11 | 7–4 |
| Pittsburghseries | 11 | 6–5 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Cornell 1894
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895–96 | Georgia | Head coach | |
| 1895–99 | Iowa Agricultural/State | Head coach | |
| 1897–98 | Cornell | Head coach | |
| 1899–1903 | Carlisle | Head coach | |
| 1904–06 | Cornell | Head coach | |
| 1907–14 | Carlisle | Head coach | |
| 1915–23 | Pittsburgh | Head coach | |
| 1924–32 | Stanford | Head coach | |
| 1933–38 | Temple | Head coach | |
| 1939–40 | San Jose State | Associate |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dudley DeGrootSan José State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Andrew KerrStanford, Washington & Jefferson, Colgate, Lebanon Valley
- Tiny ThornhillStanford
- James HerronIndiana, Duke, Washington and Lee
- Ed WalkerOle Miss, Second Air Force
- Fred SwanTemple
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley DeGroot | San José State | 1939 | Associate |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Kerr | Pittsburgh, 1915–21: assistant coach; Stanford, 1924–25: assistant coach | Stanford, Washington & Jefferson, Colgate, Lebanon Valley | |
| Tiny Thornhill | Pittsburgh, 1917: assistant coach; Stanford, 1924–32: line coach | Stanford | |
| James Herron | Pittsburgh, 1920–21, 1923: assistant coach | Indiana, Duke, Washington and Lee | |
| Ed Walker | Stanford, 1927–28: line coach | Ole Miss, Second Air Force | |
| Fred Swan | Temple, 1933–38: line coach | Temple |
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.