W.S. Boreland, head coach at LSU
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W.S. Boreland

W.S. Boreland went 15–⁠7 as a head coach, 1901–⁠1903, at LSU.

Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1901, 1903 at LSU (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.

Record
15–⁠7 career
Seasons
3
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1902 6–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national title
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1901LSU *5–⁠1T–3rd
1902LSU6–⁠1T–2nd
1903LSU *4–⁠517th

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals44–⁠0
Conference games54–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer44–⁠0
At home32–⁠1
On the road44–⁠0
As our Elo’s favorite65–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog11–⁠0

His own seven games on file, 1902, 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.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Auburnseries11–⁠0
Ole Missseries11–⁠0
Texasseries11–⁠0
Louisianaseries11–⁠0
Alabamaseries11–⁠0
Mississippi Stateseries11–⁠0
Vanderbiltseries10–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1901–⁠03LSUHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.