Ralph Glaze, head coach at Baylor, Drake and Colorado School of Mines
Photo: Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ralph Glaze

Ralph Glaze went 50–⁠67–⁠16 on the field as a head coach, 1908–⁠1925, at Rochester, Baylor, USC, Drake, Colorado State Teachers, Colorado School of Mines, Lake Forest and St. Viator; 50–⁠68–⁠15 officially, with 1910 (6–⁠1–⁠1) after forfeits. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1911, 2–⁠4–⁠2); by them his record is 49–⁠68–⁠15.

11 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1908–⁠09 at Rochester; 1914–⁠15 at USC; 1917–⁠18 at Colorado State Teachers; 1921–⁠23 at Lake Forest; 1924–⁠25 at St. Viator. They’re marked in the table.

Record
50–⁠68–⁠15 official; 50–⁠67–⁠16 on the field
Seasons
17
Schools
8
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1910 6–⁠0–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1551 in 1910
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1908Rochester *7–⁠1–⁠1
1909Rochester *4–⁠3–⁠1
1910Baylor6–⁠0–⁠2 (6–⁠1–⁠1 official)
1911Baylor3–⁠4–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 2–⁠4–⁠2)
1912Baylor3–⁠5
1913: not a college head coach
1914USC *4–⁠3
1915USC *3–⁠4
1916Drake3–⁠56th
1917Drake0–⁠5–⁠27th
1917Colorado State Teachers *0–⁠5
1918Colorado State Teachers *2–⁠1
1919Colorado School of Mines0–⁠4–⁠2T–7th
1920Colorado School of Mines0–⁠68th
1921Lake Forest *4–⁠4
1922Lake Forest *3–⁠3–⁠2
1923Lake Forest *2–⁠6–⁠1T–17th
1924St. Viator *1–⁠5–⁠2T–16th
1925St. Viator *5–⁠3–⁠1T–7th

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 rivals93–⁠5–⁠1
Conference games181–⁠16–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer194–⁠7–⁠8
At home2913–⁠12–⁠4
On the road232–⁠17–⁠4
As our Elo’s favorite3113–⁠10–⁠8
As our Elo’s underdog212–⁠19

His own 52 games on file, 1910–⁠1920, 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
TCUseries43–⁠1
Fort Worthseries32–⁠0–⁠1
Southwestern Useries31–⁠1–⁠1
Austinseries31–⁠2
Texasseries30–⁠2–⁠1
Trinity (Texas)series22–⁠0
Washington St. Louisseries21–⁠1
Simpson (IA)series21–⁠0–⁠1

Also a player: Ralph Glaze’s playing career.

Career

YearsTeamJob
1908–⁠09Rochester (NY)Head coach
1910–⁠12BaylorHead coach
1914–⁠15USCHead coach
1916DrakeHead coach
1917–⁠18Colorado State TeachersHead coach
1917DrakeHead coach
1919–⁠20Colorado MinesHead coach
1921–⁠23Lake ForestHead coach
1924–⁠25St. ViatorHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.