Vic Hurt
Vic Hurt went 78–38–12 as a head coach, 1923–1938, at Oklahoma Baptist and Tulsa. Share
11 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923–29, 1931–34 at Oklahoma Baptist. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 78–38–12 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1937 6–2–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1924 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 8–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1925 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 8–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1926 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 6–1–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1927 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 6–1–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1928 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 5–2–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1929 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1930: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1931 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 3–6 | 3rd | |||
| 1932 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 5–4 | 2nd | |||
| 1933 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1934 | Oklahoma Baptist * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1935: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1936 | Tulsa | 5–2–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1937 | Tulsa | 6–2–2 | 1st | |||
| 1938 | Tulsa | 4–5–1 | 1st | |||
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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 3–0–1 | 88% |
| Conference games | 10 | 9–1 | 90% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 2–2–5 | 50% |
| At home | 18 | 11–4–3 | 69% |
| On the road | 10 | 4–4–2 | 50% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 13–2–3 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 11 | 2–7–2 | 27% |
His own 29 games on file, 1936–1938, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Cox 1936–1938 | 3–0 | Oklahoma State | 3 | |
| Vee Green 1936–1938 | 2–1 | Drake | 3 | |
| Dutch Meyer 1936–1938 | 0–3 | TCU | 3 | |
| Fred Thomsen 1936–1938 | 0–2–1 | Arkansas | 3 |
Vic Hurt’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Central Oklahomaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Drakeseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Arkansasseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| TCUseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Washington St. Louisseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–29 | Oklahoma Baptist | Head coach | |
| 1931–34 | Oklahoma Baptist | Head coach | |
| 1935 | SMU | Assistant coach | |
| 1936–38 | Tulsa | Head coach | |
| 1939–42 | Kansas | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Madison BellSMU
- Gwinn HenryKansas
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chet BenefielTulsa
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Bell | SMU | 1935 | Assistant coach | |
| Gwinn Henry | Kansas | 1939–42 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Benefiel | Tulsa, 1936–38: assistant coach | Tulsa |
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.