Ralph Sasse
Ralph Sasse went 45–15–4 as a head coach, 1930–1937, at Army and Mississippi State. Share
- Record
- 45–15–4 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1930 9–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Army | 9–1–1 | ||||
| 1931 | Army | 8–2–1 | ||||
| 1932 | Army | 8–2 | ||||
| 1933–34: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | Mississippi State | 8–3 | T–9th | |||
| 1936 | Mississippi State | 7–3–1 | 5th | Orange Bowl L | ||
| 1937 | Mississippi State | 5–4–1 | 5th | |||
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
Milton SummerfeltConsensus All‑American, 1932
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 14 | 7–7 | 50% |
| Conference games | 15 | 8–7 | 53% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 20 | 9–7–4 | 55% |
| At home | 35 | 31–4 | 89% |
| On the road | 22 | 10–9–3 | 52% |
| At neutral sites | 7 | 4–2–1 | 64% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 46 | 40–5–1 | 88% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 18 | 5–10–3 | 36% |
His own 64 games on file, 1930–1937, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Walker 1935–1937 | 2–1 | Ole Miss | 3 | |
| Mal Stevens 1930–1932 | 1–0–2 | Yale | 3 | |
| Bernie Moore 1935–1937 | 0–3 | LSU | 3 |
Ralph Sasse’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 |
|---|---|---|
| LSUseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Navyseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Samfordseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Sewaneeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Harvardseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Ole Missseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Yaleseries | 3 | 1–0–2 |
| Notre Dameseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–29 | Army | Line coach | |
| 1930–32 | Army | Head coach | |
| 1935–37 | Mississippi State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Biff JonesArmy
Assistants who became head coaches
- Gar DavidsonArmy
- Red BlaikDartmouth, Army
- Frank CarideoMissouri
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biff Jones | Army | 1926–29 | Line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gar Davidson | Army, 1930–32: assistant coach | Army | |
| Red Blaik | Army, 1930–32: assistant coach | Dartmouth, Army | |
| Frank Carideo | Mississippi State, 1935–37: assistant coach | Missouri |
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.