William Reynolds

William Reynolds went 8–⁠8 as a head coach, 1891–⁠1899, at Rutgers and North Carolina. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1899, 7–⁠3–⁠1); by them his record is 15–⁠9–⁠1.

Record
8–⁠8 career
Seasons
2
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1891 8–⁠6

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1440 in 1891
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1891Rutgers8–⁠6
1892–⁠98: not a college head coach
1899North Carolina0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 7–⁠3–⁠1)

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 rivals10–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer32–⁠1
At home55–⁠0
On the road113–⁠8
As our Elo’s favorite97–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog71–⁠6

His own 16 games on file, 1891–⁠1899, 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
Princetonseries20–⁠2
Navyseries20–⁠2
Columbiaseries11–⁠0
Armyseries11–⁠0
New York Universityseries11–⁠0
Stevensseries11–⁠0
Manhattan A.C.series11–⁠0
Columbia A.C.series11–⁠0