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Rat Rogers
Rat Rogers went 44–31–8 as a head coach, 1925–1945, at West Virginia. Share
- Record
- 44–31–8 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1925 8–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | West Virginia | 8–1 | ||||
| 1926 | West Virginia | 6–4 | ||||
| 1927 | West Virginia | 2–4–3 | ||||
| 1928 | West Virginia | 8–2 | ||||
| 1929 | West Virginia | 4–3–3 | ||||
| 1930 | West Virginia | 5–5 | ||||
| 1931–42: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1943 | West Virginia | 4–3 | ||||
| 1944 | West Virginia | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1945 | West Virginia | 2–6–1 | ||||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 16 | 4–10–2 | 31% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 27 | 12–7–8 | 59% |
| At home | 49 | 33–10–6 | 73% |
| On the road | 31 | 11–18–2 | 39% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 49 | 35–10–4 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 34 | 9–21–4 | 32% |
His own 83 games on file, 1925–1945, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jock Sutherland 1925–1930 | 1–5 | Pittsburgh | 6 | |
| Frank Cavanaugh 1925–1930 | 2–1–1 | Boston College, Fordham | 4 | |
| Lou Little 1926–1929 | 1–2–1 | Georgetown | 4 | |
| Andrew Kerr 1926–1928 | 1–1–1 | Washington & Jefferson | 3 | |
| Clark Shaughnessy 1943–1945 | 0–3 | Pittsburgh | 3 | |
| Frank Murray 1943–1945 | 0–3 | Virginia | 3 |
Rat Rogers’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburghseries | 9 | 1–8 |
| West Virginia Wesleyanseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Washington and Leeseries | 6 | 5–0–1 |
| Washington & Jeffersonseries | 6 | 3–2–1 |
| Davis & Elkinsseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Georgetownseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Penn Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Marylandseries | 3 | 1–0–2 |
Other roles
- Team captain, West Virginia 1919 (his playing career)
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–24 | West Virginia | Assistant coach | |
| 1925–30 | West Virginia | Head coach | |
| 1943–45 | West Virginia | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mont McIntireWest Virginia
- Clarence SpearsWest Virginia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Trusty TallmanWest Virginia, Marshall
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont McIntire | West Virginia | 1920 | Assistant coach | |
| Clarence Spears | West Virginia | 1921–24 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trusty Tallman | West Virginia, 1929–30: freshman coach | West Virginia, Marshall |
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.