Robert Davis
Robert Davis went 54–33–2 as a head coach, 1947–1955, at Colorado State. Share
- Record
- 54–33–2 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1949 9–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Colorado State | 5–4–1 | ||
| 1948 | Colorado State | 8–3 | ||
| 1949 | Colorado State | 9–1 | ||
| 1950 | Colorado State | 6–3 | ||
| 1951 | Colorado State | 5–4–1 | ||
| 1952 | Colorado State | 6–4 | ||
| 1953 | Colorado State | 4–5 | ||
| 1954 | Colorado State | 3–7 | ||
| 1955 | Colorado State | 8–2 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 18 | 8–10 | 44% |
| Conference games | 56 | 34–20–2 | 63% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 40 | 22–16–2 | 57% |
| At home | 38 | 26–11–1 | 70% |
| On the road | 50 | 28–21–1 | 57% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 53 | 36–16–1 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 36 | 18–17–1 | 51% |
His own 89 games on file, 1947–1955, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Ward 1948–1955 | 3–5 | Colorado | 8 | |
| Charles Atkinson 1949–1955 | 6–1 | BYU | 7 | |
| Bowden Wyatt 1947–1952 | 4–2 | Wyoming | 6 | |
| Jack Curtice 1950–1955 | 2–4 | Utah | 6 | |
| John Roning 1951–1955 | 2–2–1 | Utah State, Denver | 5 | |
| Ed Chinske 1952–1954 | 2–1 | Montana | 3 | |
| Robert Titchenal 1953–1955 | 2–1 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Ike Armstrong 1947–1949 | 1–2 | Utah | 3 | |
| Phil Dickens 1953–1955 | 1–2 | Wyoming | 3 |
Robert Davis’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 |
|---|---|---|
| BYUseries | 9 | 8–1 |
| Denverseries | 9 | 6–2–1 |
| Utah Stateseries | 9 | 5–3–1 |
| Wyomingseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Coloradoseries | 9 | 3–6 |
| Utahseries | 9 | 3–6 |
| Montanaseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 6 | 6–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tuffy MullisonColorado State, Colorado A&M/State
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Mullison | Colorado State, 1952–55: line coach | Colorado State, Colorado A&M/State |
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.