Walter Camp
Walter Camp went 74–3–3 as a head coach, 1888–1895, at Yale and Stanford. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1889, 15–1 and 1894, 6–3); by them his record is 78–5–3. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1892, 1895 at Stanford (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 74–3–3 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Hall of Fame
- 1951 inducted
- Best season
- 1888 13–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | Yale | 13–0 | 1st | |||
| 1889 | Yale | 16–1 (Wikipedia: 15–1) | ||||
| 1890 | Yale | 13–1 | 1st | |||
| 1891 | Yale | 13–0 | 1st | |||
| 1892 | Yale | 13–0 | 1st | |||
| 1892 | Stanford * | 1–0–2 | ||||
| 1893: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1894 | Stanford | 1–1 (Wikipedia: 6–3) | ||||
| 1895 | Stanford * | 4–0–1 | ||||
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.
Players he coached
Wallace WinterConsensus All‑American, 1891- Vance McCormickConsensus All‑American, 1892
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 9 | 7–2 | 78% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| At home | 45 | 44–1 | 98% |
| On the road | 27 | 25–2 | 93% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 71 | 69–2 | 97% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own 72 games on file, 1888–1894, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George A. Stewart & George C. Adams 1890–1892 | 2–1 | Harvard | 3 | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg 1891–1894 | 2–1 | Springfield, Chicago | 3 |
Walter Camp’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan (CT)series | 13 | 13–0 |
| Crescent A.C.series | 8 | 8–0 |
| Amherstseries | 7 | 7–0 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Williamsseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Princetonseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Harvardseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Trinity (CT)series | 3 | 3–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Yale 1878–79
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888–92 | Yale | Head coach | |
| 1892 | Stanford | Head coach | |
| 1894–95 | Stanford | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.