W.C. Smith

W.C. Smith went 6–⁠10 as a head coach, 1914–⁠1915, at Wake Forest.

Record
6–⁠10 career
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1915 3–⁠4

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1360 in 1915
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1914Wake Forest3–⁠6
1915Wake Forest3–⁠4

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 rivals50–⁠5
Decided by 8 points or fewer30–⁠3
At home76–⁠1
On the road90–⁠9
As our Elo’s favorite66–⁠0
As our Elo’s underdog100–⁠10

His own 16 games on file, 1914–⁠1915, 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
T.C. Trenchard 1914–⁠19150–⁠3North Carolina3

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
North Carolinaseries30–⁠3
NC Stateseries20–⁠2
Davidsonseries20–⁠2
Gallaudetseries11–⁠0
Woffordseries11–⁠0
Roanokeseries11–⁠0
USS Franklinseries11–⁠0
Florence YMCAseries11–⁠0