S.M. Hammond, head coach at Purdue and Lehigh
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S.M. Hammond

S.M. Hammond went 7–⁠9–⁠1 as a head coach, 1896–⁠1897, at Purdue and Lehigh.

Record
7–⁠9–⁠1 career
Seasons
2
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1896 4–⁠2–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1517 in 1896
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1896Purdue4–⁠2–⁠1T–6th
1897Lehigh3–⁠7

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals41–⁠2–⁠1
Conference games30–⁠2–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer53–⁠1–⁠1
At home85–⁠2–⁠1
On the road92–⁠7
As our Elo’s favorite76–⁠0–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog101–⁠9

His own 17 games on file, 1896–⁠1897, 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.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Lafayetteseries20–⁠2
DePauwseries11–⁠0
Notre Dameseries11–⁠0
Dickinsonseries11–⁠0
Williamsseries11–⁠0
New York Universityseries11–⁠0
Rush Medicalseries11–⁠0
Greerseries11–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1896PurdueHead coach
1897LehighHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.