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Robert Zuppke
1913-1941 • Illinois
One defining program at Illinois.
Robert Zuppke coached 29 seasons, won 61.2%, and posted an average SRS of 11.4. Best season: 1914 Illinois. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 131-81-12
- Career win rate
- 61.2%
- Average SRS
- 11.4
- Peak SRS
- 36.4
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 29
- Career span
- 29 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 14.1
Primary school anchor
Illinois
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 99.3.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Robert Zuppke
EliteStrongAverageLean
1913Actual season year • SRS range -7.7 to 36.41941
Active comparison point
Robert Zuppke • 1914
1914 Illinois
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-0 • SRS 36.4 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+33.5
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results12
| 1941 Regular Week 7 | Illinois | Michigan | #6 | L0-20 |
| 1941 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Notre Dame | #4 | L14-49 |
| 1941 Regular Week 4 | Illinois | Minnesota | #2 | L6-34 |
| 1940 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Michigan | #7 | L0-28 |
| 1939 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | USC | #3 | L0-26 |
| 1938 Regular Week 7 | Illinois | Michigan | #16 | L0-14 |
| 1938 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Northwestern | #15 | L0-13 |
| 1938 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Notre Dame | #1 | L6-14 |
| 1937 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Indiana | #20 | L6-13 |
| 1937 Regular Week 4 | Illinois | Notre Dame | #18 | T0-0 |
| 1936 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Northwestern | #7 | L2-13 |
| 1936 Regular Week 4 | Illinois | USC | #15 | L6-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Illinois
1913-1941 • 29 seasons
Avg SRS 11.4 • Win % 61.2%
- Longest tenure
- Illinois • 29 seasons
- Best tenure
- Illinois • 11.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Illinois • 61.2%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Robert Zuppke
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Illinois
1913-1941 • 131-81-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.4Win % 61.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 4.8 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.4 during vs 8.6 baseline
+2.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Illinois 1914
7-0 • SRS 36.4
Biggest Improvement
Illinois 1914
7-0 • 33.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Illinois 1931
2-6 • SRS -7.7
Biggest Drop
Illinois 1916
3-3-1 • -15.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Illinois | 1941 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -2.5 | — | — | — | -2.6 | +12.5% |
| Illinois | 1940 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | -0.1 | -31.3% |
| Illinois | 1939 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | 0.2 | — | — | — | -2.7 | +6.3% |
| Illinois | 1938 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | -2.5 | -12.5% |
| Illinois | 1937 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | 5.4 | — | — | — | +4.7 | -6.3% |
| Illinois | 1936 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56.3% | — | — | 0.7 | — | — | — | -8.9 | +18.8% |
| Illinois | 1935 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 9.6 | — | — | — | -1.2 | -50.0% |
| Illinois | 1934 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | -3.1 | +25.0% |
| Illinois | 1933 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 13.9 | — | — | — | +10.6 | +6.9% |
| Illinois | 1932 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | +11.0 | +30.6% |
| Illinois | 1931 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -7.7 | — | — | — | -12.2 | -12.5% |
| Illinois | 1930 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | -13.0 | -43.8% |
| Illinois | 1929 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 17.5 | — | — | — | +5.4 | -6.3% |
| Illinois | 1928 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 12.1 | — | — | — | +1.1 | -6.3% |
| Illinois | 1927 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 93.8% | — | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +18.8% |
| Illinois | 1926 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 9.7 | — | — | — | -6.3 | +12.5% |
| Illinois | 1925 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 16.0 | — | — | — | -3.5 | -18.8% |
| Illinois | 1924 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 19.5 | — | — | — | -2.4 | -18.8% |
| Illinois | 1923 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 21.9 | — | — | — | +12.2 | +71.4% |
| Illinois | 1922 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.6% | — | — | 9.7 | — | — | — | -11.4 | -14.3% |
| Illinois | 1921 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.9% | — | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | +2.9 | -28.6% |
| Illinois | 1920 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 18.2 | — | — | — | -3.3 | -14.3% |
| Illinois | 1919 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | — | — | 21.5 | — | — | — | — | +14.3% |
| Illinois | 1918 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +2.7% |
| Illinois | 1917 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68.8% | — | — | 23.5 | — | — | — | +12.3 | +18.8% |
| Illinois | 1916 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 11.2 | — | — | — | -15.2 | -35.7% |
| Illinois | 1915 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 85.7% | — | — | 26.4 | — | — | — | -10.0 | -14.3% |
| Illinois | 1914 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 36.4 | — | — | — | +33.5 | +35.7% |
| Illinois | 1913 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 64.3% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
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