William Jennings
William Jennings went 15–34–1 as a head coach, 1957–1961, at Nebraska. Share
- Record
- 15–34–1 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1959 4–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Nebraska | 1–9 | ||
| 1958 | Nebraska | 3–7 | ||
| 1959 | Nebraska | 4–6 | ||
| 1960 | Nebraska | 4–6 | ||
| 1961 | Nebraska | 3–6–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 32 | 9–23 | 28% |
| Conference games | 32 | 8–24 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 20 | 11–8–1 | 57% |
| At home | 28 | 9–18–1 | 34% |
| On the road | 22 | 6–16 | 27% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 12–28–1 | 30% |
His own 50 games on file, 1957–1961, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Wilkinson 1957–1961 | 2–3 | Oklahoma | 5 | |
| Clay Stapleton 1958–1961 | 2–2 | Iowa State | 4 | |
| Dan Devine 1958–1961 | 0–4 | Missouri | 4 | |
| Jack Mitchell 1958–1961 | 0–4 | Kansas | 4 | |
| Bernard Mertes 1957–1959 | 1–2 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Everett Grandelius 1959–1961 | 1–2 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Ben Schwartzwalder 1957–1961 | 0–3 | Syracuse | 3 |
William Jennings’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Oklahomaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Coloradoseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Missouriseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Kansasseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Syracuseseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Minnesotaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Russ FaulkinberryLouisiana
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Faulkinberry | Nebraska, 1960: assistant coach | Louisiana |
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.