Robert Dobbs
Robert Dobbs went 71–63–4 as a head coach, 1955–1972, at Tulsa and UTEP. Share
- Record
- 71–63–4 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1956 7–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Tulsa | 2–7–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1956 | Tulsa | 7–2–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1957 | Tulsa | 4–6 | 3rd | |||
| 1958 | Tulsa | 7–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1959 | Tulsa | 5–5 | 3rd | |||
| 1960 | Tulsa | 5–5 | 2nd | |||
| 1961–64: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1965 | UTEP | 8–3 | Sun Bowl W | |||
| 1966 | UTEP | 6–4 | ||||
| 1967 | UTEP | 7–2–1 | Sun Bowl W | |||
| 1968 | UTEP | 4–5–1 | 4th | |||
| 1969 | UTEP | 4–6 | 6th | |||
| 1970 | UTEP | 6–4 | 4th | |||
| 1971 | UTEP | 5–6 | 8th | |||
| 1972 | UTEP coached six of 10 games | 1–5 | ||||
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
Fred CarrNo. 5 pick, 1968- George DaneyNo. 22 pick, 1968
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 | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 22 | 13–8–1 | 61% |
| Conference games | 53 | 21–31–1 | 41% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 60 | 32–24–4 | 57% |
| At home | 81 | 48–30–3 | 61% |
| On the road | 55 | 21–33–1 | 39% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 73 | 45–26–2 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 65 | 26–37–2 | 42% |
His own 138 games on file, 1955–1972, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Kush 1965–1971 | 0–7 | Arizona State | 7 | |
| George Blackburn 1955–1960 | 3–2–1 | Cincinnati | 6 | |
| Odus Mitchell 1957–1966 | 3–3 | North Texas | 6 | |
| Tommy Hudspeth 1966–1971 | 3–3 | BYU | 6 | |
| Bill Meek 1955–1972 | 1–5 | Houston, Utah | 6 | |
| Cliff Speegle 1955–1960 | 1–4–1 | Oklahoma State | 6 | |
| Lloyd Eaton 1965–1970 | 1–5 | Wyoming | 6 | |
| Warren Woodson 1959–1967 | 4–1 | New Mexico State | 5 | |
| Jim Wood 1968–1972 | 4–1 | New Mexico State | 5 | |
| DeWitt Weaver 1955–1959 | 3–2 | Texas Tech | 5 |
Robert Dobbs’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Stateseries | 11 | 9–2 |
| New Mexicoseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| Arizonaseries | 8 | 3–4–1 |
| Wyomingseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| North Texasseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| BYUseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Utahseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 7 | 0–7 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–51 | Carswell Air Force Base service team | Head coach | |
| 1952–54 | Army | Assistant coach | |
| 1955–60 | Tulsa | Head coach | |
| 1961–64 | Calgary Stampeders CFL | Head coach | |
| 1965–72 | Texas Western / UTEP | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Red BlaikArmy
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tommy HudspethBYU, UTEP, Detroit Lions, Toronto Argonauts
- Bill MichaelUTEP
- Cliff SpeegleOklahoma State, Bacone
- Jim EddySaskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Hudspeth | Tulsa, 1957–60: assistant coach; Calgary Stampeders, 1961–63: assistant coach; UTEP, 1972: offensive coordinator | BYU, UTEP, Detroit Lions, Toronto Argonauts | |
| Bill Michael | UTEP, 1965–66: defensive coordinator | UTEP | |
| Cliff Speegle | UTEP, 1965–66: assistant coach | Oklahoma State, Bacone | |
| Jim Eddy | UTEP, 1971–72: defensive coordinator | Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes |
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.