Top 25
1-7
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 12.5%
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Biff Jones
1926-1941 • Army, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma
4 schools coached, anchored by Nebraska.
Biff Jones's coaching record is 87-33-15, highlighted by seasons at Nebraska from 1926 to 1941.
Biff Jones coached 14 seasons, won 70.0%, and posted an average SRS of 10.2. Best season: 1926 Army. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 87-33-15
- Career win rate
- 70.0%
- Average SRS
- 10.2
- Peak SRS
- 20.2
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
- 14
- Career span
- 16 years
- Best finish
- #7
- Consistency
- 72.0
Primary school anchor
Nebraska
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 84.9.
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
- 87-33-15
- Nebraska record
- 28-14-4
- Full-season record
- 87-33-15
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-6
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-2
- Vs Kansas
- 4-0-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
135 countable games, 70.0% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Nebraska.
14 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
Kansas-Nebraska games in this dataset.
1 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 29, 1941. 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.
Biff Jones
EliteStrongAverageLean
Biff Jones: 1932 LSUBiff Jones: 1935 OklahomaBiff Jones: 1937 Nebraska
1926Actual season year • SRS range 2.9 to 20.21941
Active comparison point
Biff Jones • 1926
1926 Army
Best season7-1-1 • SRS 20.2 • SP Overall —
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
—
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results8
| 1941 Regular Week 6 | Nebraska | Missouri | #8 | L0-6 |
| 1940 Regular Week 4 | Nebraska | Minnesota | #2 | L7-13 |
| 1940 Postseason Week 1 | Nebraska | Stanford | #2 | L13-21 |
| 1939 Regular Week 8 | Nebraska | Missouri | #7 | L13-27 |
| 1938 Regular Week 6 | Nebraska | Oklahoma | #6 | L0-14 |
| 1938 Regular Week 3 | Nebraska | Minnesota | #12 | L7-16 |
| 1937 Regular Week 3 | Nebraska | Minnesota | #14 | W14-9 |
| 1936 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #10 | L0-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Nebraska
1937-1941 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 7.6 • Win % 65.2%
Oklahoma
1935-1936 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 5.5 • Win % 58.3%
LSU
1932-1934 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 13.9 • Win % 74.2%
Army
1926-1929 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 13.0 • Win % 77.5%
- Longest tenure
- Nebraska • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- LSU • 13.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Army • 77.5%
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.
Biff Jones
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.
Nebraska
1937-1941 • 28-14-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.6Win % 65.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.6 during vs 6.8 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 12.4 baseline
-4.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
60.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+40.0%
Oklahoma
1935-1936 • 9-6-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.5Win % 58.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 3.8 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 2.9 baseline
+2.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
LSU
1932-1934 • 20-5-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 13.9Win % 74.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.7 during vs 5.4 baseline
+1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.9 during vs -1.5 baseline
+15.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Army
1926-1929 • 30-8-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 13.0Win % 77.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 6.5 baseline
+1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.0 during vs 13.9 baseline
-1.0
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
Army 1926
7-1-1 • SRS 20.2
Biggest Improvement
Nebraska 1939
7-1-1 • 6.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Nebraska 1938
3-5-1 • SRS 2.9
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma 1935
6-3 • -10.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Nebraska | 1941 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 4.3 | — | — | — | -8.7 | -35.6% | Season summary |
| Nebraska | 1940 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #7 | 13.0 | — | — | — | +3.8 | -3.3% | Season summary |
| Nebraska | 1939 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | #18 | 9.2 | — | — | — | +6.3 | +44.4% | Season summary |
| Nebraska | 1938 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | -5.9 | -38.9% | Season summary |
| Nebraska | 1937 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 77.8% | — | #11 | 8.8 | — | — | — | +3.7 | +27.8% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma | 1936 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | — | — | 5.1 | — | — | — | -0.8 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma | 1935 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 5.9 | — | — | — | -10.1 | -6.1% | Season summary |
| LSU | 1934 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 72.7% | — | — | 16.0 | — | — | — | +1.1 | -12.3% | Season summary |
| LSU | 1933 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 85.0% | — | — | 14.9 | — | — | — | +4.0 | +20.0% | Season summary |
| LSU | 1932 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | +5.7 | +5.9% | Season summary |
| Army | 1929 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 5.2 | — | — | — | -3.7 | -20.9% | Season summary |
| Army | 1928 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 8.9 | — | — | — | -8.7 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Army | 1927 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | — | 17.6 | — | — | — | -2.6 | +6.7% | Season summary |
| Army | 1926 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 20.2 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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