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Chalmer Woodward

1953-1956 • SMU

One defining program at SMU.

Chalmer Woodward's coaching record is 19-20-1, highlighted by seasons at SMU from 1953 to 1956.

Chalmer Woodward coached 4 seasons, won 48.8%, and posted an average SRS of 10.2. Best season: 1954 SMU. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 19-20-1
Career win rate: 48.8%
Average SRS: 10.2
Peak SRS: 13.1

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: 4
Career span: 4 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 88.1

Primary school anchor

SMU

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 68.8.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Chalmer Woodward

Overall record: 19-20-1
SMU record: 19-20-1
Full-season record: 19-20-1
Vs AP Top 25: 4-11
Vs AP Top 10: 1-5
Vs AP Top 5: 1-3
Vs TCU: 1-3
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 1, 1956. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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.

Chalmer Woodward

EliteStrongAverageLean

1953Actual season year • SRS range 4.2 to 13.11956

Active comparison point

Chalmer Woodward • 1954

Selected

1954 SMU

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-3-1 • SRS 13.1 • SP Overall —

Win %

65.0%

YoY SRS

+0.8

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

4-11

Games: 15
Win rate: 26.7%

Top 10

1-5

Games: 6
Win rate: 16.7%

Top 5

1-3

Games: 4
Win rate: 25.0%

View ranked game results15


1956 Regular Week 11	SMU	Baylor	#15	L0-26
1956 Regular Week 9	SMU	Texas A&M	#5	L7-33
1956 Regular Week 3	SMU	Georgia Tech	#3	L7-9
1956 Regular Week 2	SMU	Notre Dame	#14	W19-13
1955 Regular Week 11	SMU	TCU	#7	L13-20
1955 Regular Week 8	SMU	Texas A&M	#12	L2-13
1955 Regular Week 5	SMU	Rice	#15	W20-0
1955 Regular Week 3	SMU	Georgia Tech	#3	L7-20
1955 Regular Week 2	SMU	Notre Dame	#11	L0-17
1954 Regular Week 10	SMU	Baylor	#20	L21-33
1954 Regular Week 9	SMU	Arkansas	#4	W21-14
1954 Regular Week 5	SMU	Rice	#15	W20-6
1953 Regular Week 10	SMU	Baylor	#17	L21-27
1953 Regular Week 7	SMU	Texas	#19	L7-16
1953 Regular Week 3	SMU	Georgia Tech	#10	L4-6

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

SMU

1953-1956 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 10.2 • Win % 48.8%

Longest tenure: SMU • 4 seasons
Best tenure: SMU • 10.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate: SMU • 48.8%

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 edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Chalmer Woodward

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —
Percentile: —

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.

SMU

1953-1956 • 19-20-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 10.2Win % 48.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 5.4 baseline

-0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.2 during vs 14.8 baseline

-4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

SMU 1954

6-3-1 • SRS 13.1

Biggest Improvement

SMU 1954

6-3-1 • 0.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

SMU 1956

4-6 • SRS 4.2

Biggest Drop

SMU 1956

4-6 • -7.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.


SMU	1956	10	4	6	0	40.0%	—	—	4.2	—	—	—	-7.1	0.0%	Season summary
SMU	1955	10	4	6	0	40.0%	#16	—	11.3	—	—	—	-1.8	-25.0%	Season summary
SMU	1954	10	6	3	1	65.0%	—	—	13.1	—	—	—	+0.8	+15.0%	Season summary
SMU	1953	10	5	5	0	50.0%	—	—	12.3	—	—	—	—	—	Season summary

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