Tad Jones
Tad Jones went 69–24–6 as a head coach, 1909–1927, at Syracuse and Yale. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1917 at Yale (on file under another coach). It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 69–24–6 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Hall of Fame
- 1958 inducted
- Best season
- 1923 8–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Syracuse | 4–5–1 | ||||
| 1910 | Syracuse | 5–4–1 | ||||
| 1911–15: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1916 | Yale | 8–1 | ||||
| 1917 | Yale * | 3–0 | ||||
| 1918–19: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1920 | Yale | 5–3 | ||||
| 1921 | Yale | 8–1 | ||||
| 1922 | Yale | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1923 | Yale | 8–0 | ||||
| 1924 | Yale | 6–0–2 | ||||
| 1925 | Yale | 5–2–1 | ||||
| 1926 | Yale | 4–4 | ||||
| 1927 | Yale | 7–1 | ||||
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
Century MilsteadConsensus All‑American, 1923- Mac AldrichConsensus All‑American, 1921
- John CharlesworthConsensus All‑American, 1927
- Bill WebsterConsensus All‑American, 1927
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 rivals | 20 | 10–9–1 | 53% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 36 | 16–14–6 | 53% |
| At home | 79 | 60–15–4 | 78% |
| On the road | 17 | 6–9–2 | 41% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 77 | 60–12–5 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 19 | 6–12–1 | 34% |
His own 96 games on file, 1909–1927, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Roper 1920–1927 | 4–4 | Princeton | 8 | |
| Edward Robinson 1916–1925 | 6–1 | Brown | 7 | |
| Curley Byrd 1921–1927 | 6–1 | Maryland | 7 | |
| Bob Fisher 1920–1925 | 2–3–1 | Harvard | 6 | |
| George Woodruff 1923–1927 | 4–1 | Georgia | 5 | |
| William Fetzer 1921–1924 | 4–0 | North Carolina | 4 | |
| John McEwan 1923–1925 | 2–0–1 | Army | 3 | |
| Jesse Hawley 1924–1927 | 2–0–1 | Dartmouth | 3 |
Tad Jones’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brownseries | 9 | 7–2 |
| Harvardseries | 9 | 5–3–1 |
| Princetonseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Marylandseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| Armyseries | 7 | 4–1–2 |
| North Carolinaseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Georgiaseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Colgateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
Also a player: Tad Jones’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Yale | Assistant coach | |
| 1909–10 | Syracuse | Head coach | |
| 1916–17 | Yale | Head coach | |
| 1920–27 | Yale | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
Assistants who became head coaches
- A.E. BridesNorth Carolina, Massachusetts
- Myron FullerNorth Carolina, Tulane, Stevens, Colby
- Jack OwsleyYale, Navy
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucius Horatio Biglow | Yale | 1908 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.E. Brides | Yale, 1916, 1920: line coach | North Carolina, Massachusetts | |
| Myron Fuller | Yale, 1922–27: line coach | North Carolina, Tulane, Stevens, Colby | |
| Jack Owsley | Yale, 1923–24: backfield coach | Yale, Navy |
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.