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Francis Peay
1986-1991 • Northwestern
One defining program at Northwestern.
Francis Peay's coaching record is 13-51-2, highlighted by seasons at Northwestern from 1986 to 1991.
Francis Peay coached 6 seasons, won 21.2%, and posted an average SRS of -10.9. Best season: 1986 Northwestern. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 13-51-2
- Career win rate
- 21.2%
- Average SRS
- -10.9
- Peak SRS
- -6.8
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 88.3
Primary school anchor
Northwestern
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 20.6.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 13-51-2
- Northwestern record
- 13-51-2
- Full-season record
- 13-51-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-3
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Illinois
- 3-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
66 countable games, 21.2% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Northwestern.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Illinois-Northwestern games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
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: Nov 23, 1991. 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.
Francis Peay
EliteStrongAverageLean
1986Actual season year • SRS range -18.2 to -6.81991
Active comparison point
Francis Peay • 1986
1986 Northwestern
Best season4-7 • SRS -6.8 • SP Overall -11.5
Win %
36.4%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
21.1 / 31.6
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
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results13
| 1991 Regular Week 12 | Northwestern | Iowa | #9 | L10-24 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | Northwestern | Michigan | #4 | L14-59 |
| 1991 Regular Week 9 | Northwestern | Illinois | #17 | W17-11 |
| 1991 Regular Week 8 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #18 | L3-34 |
| 1990 Regular Week 14 | Northwestern | Illinois | #16 | L23-28 |
| 1990 Regular Week 13 | Northwestern | Michigan State | #24 | L22-29 |
| 1990 Regular Week 10 | Northwestern | Iowa | #13 | L14-56 |
| 1990 Regular Week 7 | Northwestern | Indiana | #22 | L0-42 |
| 1989 Regular Week 13 | Northwestern | Illinois | #11 | L14-63 |
| 1988 Regular Week 10 | Northwestern | Michigan | #14 | L7-52 |
| 1987 Regular Week 8 | Northwestern | Michigan State | #14 | L0-38 |
| 1986 Regular Week 11 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #9 | L9-30 |
| 1986 Regular Week 9 | Northwestern | Iowa | #11 | L20-27 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Northwestern
1986-1991 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -10.9 • Win % 21.2%
- Longest tenure
- Northwestern • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Northwestern • -10.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Northwestern • 21.2%
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.
Francis Peay sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFrancis Peay sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Francis Peay
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -15.5
- Percentile
- 14th pct
Lower end
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.
Northwestern
1986-1991 • 13-51-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -10.9Win % 21.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.2 during vs 2.0 baseline
+0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.9 during vs -15.7 baseline
+4.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-15.5 during vs -19.2 baseline
+3.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Northwestern 1986
4-7 • SRS -6.8
Biggest Improvement
Northwestern 1990
2-9 • 8.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Northwestern 1989
0-11 • SP Off 30.7
Best Defensive Season
Northwestern 1986
4-7 • SP Def 31.6
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Northwestern 1989
0-11 • SRS -18.2
Biggest Drop
Northwestern 1989
0-11 • -6.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Northwestern | 1991 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -9.8 | -13.8 | 19.7 | 31.9 | +0.1 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1990 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -9.9 | -15.8 | 25.4 | 38.3 | +8.3 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1989 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -18.2 | -23.5 | 30.7 | 46.4 | -6.7 | -22.7% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1988 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -11.5 | -15.3 | 23.6 | 36.2 | -2.1 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1987 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -9.4 | -13.0 | 23.2 | 34.0 | -2.6 | -13.6% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1986 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -6.8 | -11.5 | 21.1 | 31.6 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.4
Open profile →Dan Enos
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 2.0
Avg SRS -12.9 • Peak SRS -7.1 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.5
Open profile →Chris Scelfo
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.0
Avg SRS -10.9 • Peak SRS -0.2 • 8 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.1
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same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.0
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