William Saunders
William Saunders went 49–36–9 as a head coach, 1920–1938, at Grinnell, Northern Colorado, Colorado and Denver. Share
- Record
- 49–36–9 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1936 7–1–1
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| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Grinnell | 3–3–1 | ||
| 1921 | Grinnell | 2–5 | ||
| 1922–27: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1928 | Northern Colorado | 4–4 | ||
| 1929 | Northern Colorado | 4–3 | ||
| 1930 | Northern Colorado | 2–2–3 | ||
| 1931 | Northern Colorado | 2–4–1 | ||
| 1932 | Colorado | 2–4 | ||
| 1933 | Colorado | 7–2 | ||
| 1934 | Colorado | 6–1–2 | ||
| 1935: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1936 | Denver | 7–1–1 | ||
| 1937 | Denver | 6–3 | ||
| 1938 | Denver | 4–4–1 | ||
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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Conference games | 74 | 37–30–7 | 55% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 39 | 18–12–9 | 58% |
| At home | 54 | 33–15–6 | 67% |
| On the road | 40 | 16–21–3 | 44% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 51 | 37–12–2 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 43 | 12–24–7 | 36% |
His own 94 games on file, 1920–1938, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hughes 1928–1938 | 3–5–1 | Colorado State | 9 | |
| Ike Armstrong 1932–1938 | 2–4 | Utah | 6 | |
| Ott Romney 1929–1936 | 3–1–1 | BYU | 5 | |
| Dutch Witte 1933–1938 | 4–0 | Wyoming | 4 | |
| E. Lowell Romney 1932–1938 | 3–0–1 | Utah State | 4 | |
| Bunny Oakes 1936–1938 | 2–1 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Myron Witham 1928–1930 | 0–3 | Colorado | 3 |
William Saunders’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 9 | 8–0–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 9 | 3–5–1 |
| Wyomingseries | 8 | 6–1–1 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 7 | 3–3–1 |
| BYUseries | 6 | 3–2–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Utahseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Denverseries | 5 | 2–3 |