Tommy O’Boyle
Tommy O’Boyle went 22–37–2 as a head coach, 1947–1965, at Southwest Missouri State and Tulane. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1947–48 at Southwest Missouri State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 22–37–2 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1964 3–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Southwest Missouri State * | 7–2–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1948 | Southwest Missouri State * | 9–2 | T–1st | Missouri–Kansas L | ||
| 1949–61: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1962 | Tulane | 0–10 | 12th | |||
| 1963 | Tulane | 1–8–1 | 12th | |||
| 1964 | Tulane | 3–7 | 11th | |||
| 1965 | Tulane | 2–8 | T–9th | |||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| Conference games | 25 | 2–22–1 | 10% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
| At home | 20 | 4–15–1 | 23% |
| On the road | 20 | 2–18 | 10% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 0–2–1 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 37 | 6–31 | 16% |
His own 40 games on file, 1962–1965, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Davis 1962–1965 | 1–3 | Mississippi State | 4 | |
| Bear Bryant 1962–1965 | 0–4 | Alabama | 4 | |
| Bobby Dodd 1962–1965 | 0–4 | Georgia Tech | 4 | |
| Charles McClendon 1962–1965 | 0–4 | LSU | 4 | |
| Darrell Royal 1962–1965 | 0–4 | Texas | 4 | |
| John Vaught 1962–1965 | 0–4 | Ole Miss | 4 | |
| Jack Green 1963–1965 | 1–1–1 | Vanderbilt | 3 |
Tommy O’Boyle’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vanderbiltseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Georgia Techseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| LSUseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Ole Missseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Texasseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Alabamaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Miamiseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Tulane 1940 (his playing career)
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Tulane | Assistant coach | |
| 1946 | Tulane | Assistant coach | |
| 1947–48 | Southwest Missouri State | Head coach | |
| 1949–50 | Kansas State | Line coach | |
| 1951–58 | Duke | Line coach | |
| 1959–60 | Miami (FL) | Line coach | |
| 1961 | Tulane | Assistant coach | |
| 1962–65 | Tulane | Head coach | |
| 1966–74 | Kansas City Chiefs NFL | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Red DawsonTulane
- Henry FrnkaTulane
- Ralph GrahamKansas State
- Bill MurrayDuke
- Andy GustafsonMiami
- Andy PilneyTulane
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bill ArnspargerLSU, New York Giants
- John SymankNorthern Arizona, UT Arlington
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dawson | Tulane | 1941 | Assistant coach | |
| Henry Frnka | Tulane | 1946 | Assistant coach | |
| Ralph Graham | Kansas State | 1949–50 | Line coach | |
| Bill Murray | Duke | 1951–58 | Line coach | |
| Andy Gustafson | Miami | 1959–60 | Line coach | |
| Andy Pilney | Tulane | 1961 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Arnsparger | Tulane, 1962–63: defensive line coach | LSU, New York Giants | |
| John Symank | Tulane, 1964: assistant coach | Northern Arizona, UT Arlington |
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.