Pudge Heffelfinger
Pudge Heffelfinger went 17–13–1 as a head coach, 1893–1895, at California, Lehigh and Minnesota. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1893 at California. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 17–13–1 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1895 7–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | California * | 5–1–1 | ||||
| 1894 | Lehigh | 5–9 | ||||
| 1895 | Minnesota | 7–3 |
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| At home | 11 | 8–3 | 73% |
| On the road | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 10–2 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
His own 24 games on file, 1894–1895, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayetteseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Yaleseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Princetonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Chicagoseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Rutgersseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Wisconsinseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Also a player: Pudge Heffelfinger’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | California | Head coach | |
| 1894 | Lehigh | Head coach | |
| 1895 | Minnesota | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.