Sam Boyd
Sam Boyd went 15–15–1 as a head coach, 1956–1958, at Baylor. Share
- Record
- 15–15–1 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1956 9–2, No. 11
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Baylor | 9–2 | 3rd | Sugar Bowl W | 11 | |
| 1957 | Baylor | 3–6–1 | 7th | |||
| 1958 | Baylor | 3–7 | 7th |
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
Bill GlassConsensus All‑American, 1956- Paul DicksonNo. 9 pick, 1959
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 ranked teams | 7 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 3–9–1 | 27% |
| Conference games | 18 | 5–12–1 | 31% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 8–10–1 | 45% |
| At home | 14 | 6–8 | 43% |
| On the road | 16 | 8–7–1 | 53% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 20 | 11–8–1 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
His own 31 games on file, 1956–1958, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Weaver 1956–1958 | 3–0 | Texas Tech | 3 | |
| Jess Neely 1956–1958 | 1–2 | Rice | 3 | |
| Abe Martin 1956–1958 | 0–3 | TCU | 3 |
Sam Boyd’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Techseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Arkansasseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Riceseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Texasseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| SMUseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| TCUseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Miamiseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Baylor 1938 (his playing career)
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–53 | Baylor | Assistant coach | |
| 1954–55 | Baylor | Ends coach | |
| 1956–58 | Baylor | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- George SauerBaylor
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sauer | Baylor | 1950–55 | 1950–53: assistant coach; 1954–55: ends coach |
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.