Wilder Penfield
Wilder Penfield went 5–2–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1914 at Princeton. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 5–2–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1914 5–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Princeton | 5–2–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
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 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 2–1–1 | 63% |
| At home | 7 | 5–1–1 | 79% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 5–1–1 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own eight games on file, 1914, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Dartmouthseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Rutgersseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Lafayetteseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bucknellseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Yaleseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Harvardseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Williamsseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |