Samuel Newton
Samuel Newton went 83–58–5 as a head coach, 1896–1911, at Penn State, Lafayette, Lehigh and Williams. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1907, 1909–10 at Williams. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 83–58–5 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1899 12–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Penn State | 3–4 | ||||
| 1897 | Penn State | 3–6 | ||||
| 1898 | Penn State | 6–4 | ||||
| 1898 | Lafayette | 3–8 | ||||
| 1899 | Lafayette | 12–1 | ||||
| 1900 | Lafayette | 9–2 | ||||
| 1901 | Lafayette | 9–3 | ||||
| 1902 | Lehigh | 7–3–1 | ||||
| 1903 | Lehigh | 9–2–1 | ||||
| 1904 | Lehigh | 1–8 | ||||
| 1905 | Lehigh | 6–7 | ||||
| 1906: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1907 | Williams * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1908: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1909 | Williams * | 5–2 | ||||
| 1910 | Williams * | 1–3–3 | ||||
| 1911 | Lafayette last 5 games | 3–2 | ||||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Walter E. BachmanConsensus All‑American, 1900 and 1901
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 rivals | 17 | 14–3 | 82% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 32 | 19–11–2 | 63% |
| At home | 60 | 51–9 | 85% |
| On the road | 63 | 20–41–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 71 | 57–14 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 52 | 14–36–2 | 29% |
His own 123 games on file, 1896–1911, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Woodruff 1896–1900 | 1–5 | Pennsylvania | 6 | |
| N.P. Stauffer 1896–1899 | 3–2 | Dickinson | 5 | |
| Bill Armstrong 1897–1899 | 1–3 | Navy | 4 | |
| Charles Hutchins 1902–1905 | 1–3 | Dickinson, Syracuse | 4 | |
| Pop Warner 1897–1911 | 0–4 | Cornell, Carlisle | 4 | |
| Art Hillebrand 1902–1905 | 0–3–1 | Navy, Princeton | 4 | |
| George Jennings 1897–1898 | 3–0 | Bucknell | 3 | |
| Alfred E. Bull 1903–1905 | 1–2 | Lafayette | 3 |
Samuel Newton’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dickinsonseries | 12 | 7–5 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 11 | 1–10 |
| Princetonseries | 11 | 0–11 |
| Lehighseries | 9 | 8–1 |
| Lafayetteseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Bucknellseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Cornellseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| Ursinusseries | 5 | 4–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896–98 | Penn State | Head coach | |
| 1898–1901 | Lafayette | Head coach | |
| 1902–05 | Lehigh | Head coach | |
| 1907 | Williams | Head coach | |
| 1909–10 | Williams | Head coach | |
| 1911 | Lafayette | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.