Xen Scott
Xen Scott went 49–26–4 as a head coach, 1910–1922, at Western Reserve, Case and Alabama. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1910 at Western Reserve; 1911–13 at Case. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 49–26–4 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1920 10–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Western Reserve * | 5–4 | 5th | |||
| 1911 | Case * | 6–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1912 | Case * | 4–6 | T–5th | |||
| 1913 | Case * | 5–5 | T–7th | |||
| 1914–18: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | Alabama | 8–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1920 | Alabama | 10–1 | 4th | |||
| 1921 | Alabama | 5–4–2 | 18th | |||
| 1922 | Alabama | 6–3–1 | 8th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 15 | 9–4–2 | 67% |
| Conference games | 24 | 14–7–3 | 65% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 6–4–3 | 58% |
| At home | 28 | 24–3–1 | 88% |
| On the road | 13 | 5–6–2 | 46% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 29 | 24–4–1 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 5–5–2 | 50% |
His own 41 games on file, 1919–1922, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan McGugin 1919–1921 | 1–2 | Vanderbilt | 3 | |
| Herman Stegeman 1920–1922 | 1–2 | Georgia | 3 |
Xen Scott’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marionseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| LSUseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Sewaneeseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| Samfordseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Birmingham-Southernseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906–09 | Western Reserve | Assistant coach | |
| 1910 | Western Reserve | Head coach | |
| 1911–13 | Case | Head coach | |
| 1917 | Penn State | Head field coach | |
| 1918 | Cleveland Naval Reserve | Head coach | |
| 1919–22 | Alabama | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dick HarlowPenn State
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Harlow | Penn State | 1917 | Head field coach |
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.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.