Tony Cavallo

Tony Cavallo went 7–⁠23 as a head coach, 1955–⁠1957, at New Mexico State.

Record
7–⁠23 career
Seasons
3
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1955 3–⁠7

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1244 in 1957
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1955New Mexico State3–⁠7
1956New Mexico State1–⁠9
1957New Mexico State3–⁠7

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals60–⁠6
Conference games120–⁠12
Decided by 8 points or fewer71–⁠6
At home177–⁠10
On the road130–⁠13
As our Elo’s favorite127–⁠5
As our Elo’s underdog180–⁠18

His own 30 games on file, 1955–⁠1957, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Dan Devine 1955–⁠19570–⁠3Arizona State3
Frank Kimbrough 1955–⁠19570–⁠3West Texas3

Tony Cavallo’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Arizona Stateseries30–⁠3
New Mexicoseries30–⁠3
UTEPseries30–⁠3
West Texasseries30–⁠3
Hardin Simmonsseries30–⁠3
Texas A&M–Corpus Christiseries22–⁠0
Nebraska–Omahaseries21–⁠1
Cal Polyseries20–⁠2