Robert McNeish

Robert McNeish went 1–⁠25–⁠3 as a head coach, 1948–⁠1950, at Virginia Tech.

Record
1–⁠25–⁠3 career
Seasons
3
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1949 1–⁠7–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1307 in 1949
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1948Virginia Tech0–⁠8–⁠1
1949Virginia Tech1–⁠7–⁠2
1950Virginia Tech0–⁠10

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams20–⁠2
Against top-10 teams10–⁠1
Against rivals60–⁠5–⁠1
Conference games231–⁠19–⁠3
Decided by 8 points or fewer60–⁠3–⁠3
At home80–⁠8
On the road131–⁠11–⁠1
At neutral sites80–⁠6–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite40–⁠4
As our Elo’s underdog251–⁠21–⁠3

His own 29 games on file, 1948–⁠1950, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Karl Esleeck 1948–⁠19501–⁠1–⁠1Richmond3
Arthur Guepe 1948–⁠19500–⁠3Virginia3
Jim Tatum 1948–⁠19500–⁠3Maryland3
Rube McCray 1948–⁠19500–⁠3William & Mary3
Wallace Wade 1948–⁠19500–⁠3Duke3

Robert McNeish’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Richmondseries31–⁠1–⁠1
Marylandseries30–⁠3
Dukeseries30–⁠3
Virginiaseries30–⁠3
VMIseries30–⁠2–⁠1
Washington and Leeseries30–⁠2–⁠1
William & Maryseries30–⁠3
George Washingtonseries30–⁠3