DePaul

DePaul has played football since at least 1921 and is 4–⁠11–⁠3 in the 18 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 coach from DePaul. This season, they’re 1–⁠3.

Résumé

Record on file
4–⁠11–⁠3 .306; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1257
Best season by Elo
1936 rated 1276
Seasons
9 since 1921, 18 games

1938 season 1–⁠3

RosterFull 1938 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 1atIllinoisL 7–⁠4418%
Oct 8atMontanaL 6–⁠721%
Oct 29atCentenary (LA)L 9–⁠4814%
Nov 12vsSaint LouisW 20–⁠928%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

DePaul’s Elo through 1938: 1241 going into the opener, 1257 after the last game.1200122512501275Elo 1241 going in; lost to Illinois 44–7Elo 1230 going in; lost to Montana 7–6Elo 1227 going in; lost to Centenary (LA) 48–9Elo 1218 going in; beat Saint Louis 20–9Final: Elo 1257 after the last game1257
Elo going into each game, then after the last. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1921

Best seasons ever
DePaul end-of-season Elo from 1921 to 1938, best in 1936 at 1276.13001500170019001925193019351936 peak: Elo 1276
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
Every opponent (8)

Every program DePaul has played, A to Z, with DePaul’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
0
Coaches
1
1971Eddie Anderson coach, career 1922–⁠1964

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19381–⁠31257
19370–⁠0–⁠21262
19362–⁠11276
19350–⁠2–⁠11201
19340–⁠11223
19311–⁠11242
19290–⁠11182
19280–⁠11180
19210–⁠11185

No season on file for 1922–⁠27, 1930, 1932–⁠33: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 9 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.