William W. Church

William W. Church went 1–⁠3–⁠1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1899 at Georgetown and 1901 at Georgetown. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1899, 5–⁠2–⁠1 and 1901, 3–⁠3–⁠2); by them his record is 8–⁠5–⁠3.

Record
1–⁠3–⁠1 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1901 1–⁠1–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1457 in 1901
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1899Georgetown0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 5–⁠2–⁠1)
1900: not a college head coach
1901Georgetown1–⁠1–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 3–⁠3–⁠2)

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Decided by 8 points or fewer20–⁠1–⁠1
At home10–⁠1
On the road41–⁠2–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite21–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog30–⁠2–⁠1

His own five games on file, 1899–⁠1901, 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
Navyseries20–⁠1–⁠1
Lehighseries11–⁠0
Columbiaseries10–⁠1
Dickinsonseries10–⁠1

Also a player: William W. Church’s playing career.