Fordham
1928-1932 • 31-9-4
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 10.9Win % 75.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
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Frank Cavanaugh
1903-1932 • Boston College, Dartmouth, Fordham, Holy Cross
4 schools coached, anchored by Dartmouth.
Frank Cavanaugh's coaching record is 86-29-9, highlighted by seasons at Dartmouth from 1903 to 1932.
Frank Cavanaugh coached 14 seasons, won 73.0%, and posted an average SRS of 12.4. Best season: 1914 Dartmouth. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 86-29-9
- Career win rate
- 73.0%
- Average SRS
- 12.4
- Peak SRS
- 28.3
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
- 30 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 22.3
Primary school anchor
Dartmouth
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 95.7.
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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
- 86-29-9
- Fordham record
- 31-9-4
- Full-season record
- 86-29-9
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
124 countable games, 73.0% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Fordham.
14 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
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 19, 1932. 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.
Frank Cavanaugh
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Frank Cavanaugh: 1912 DartmouthFrank Cavanaugh: 1919 Boston CollegeFrank Cavanaugh: 1928 Fordham
1903Actual season year • SRS range -8.4 to 28.31932
Active comparison point
Frank Cavanaugh • 1914
1914 Dartmouth
Best season8-1 • SRS 28.3 • SP Overall —
Win %
88.9%
YoY SRS
+6.2
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.
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Fordham
1928-1932 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 10.9 • Win % 75.0%
Boston College
1919-1919 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 7.8 • Win % 62.5%
Dartmouth
1912-1916 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 20.6 • Win % 80.7%
Holy Cross
1903-1905 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 2.9 • Win % 60.7%
- Longest tenure
- Fordham • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Dartmouth • 20.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Dartmouth • 80.7%
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.
Frank Cavanaugh
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.
Boston College
1919-1919 • 5-3
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 7.8Win % 62.5%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Dartmouth
1912-1916 • 34-7-3
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 20.6Win % 80.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Holy Cross
1903-1905 • 16-10-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 2.9Win % 60.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Dartmouth 1914
8-1 • SRS 28.3
Biggest Improvement
Dartmouth 1912
7-2 • 30.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Holy Cross 1905
6-3 • SRS -8.4
Biggest Drop
Holy Cross 1905
6-3 • -15.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Fordham | 1932 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 11.4 | — | — | — | -3.8 | -2.8% | Season summary |
| Fordham | 1931 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 77.8% | — | — | 15.2 | — | — | — | +5.5 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Fordham | 1930 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 9.7 | — | — | — | -6.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Fordham | 1929 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 88.9% | — | — | 16.2 | — | — | — | +14.3 | +44.4% | Season summary |
| Fordham | 1928 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 1.9 | — | — | — | -5.9 | -18.1% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1919 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 7.8 | — | — | — | -9.7 | -4.2% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1916 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 17.5 | — | — | — | +4.2 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1915 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 13.3 | — | — | — | -15.0 | -5.6% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1914 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 28.3 | — | — | — | +6.2 | +1.4% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1913 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 22.1 | — | — | — | +0.3 | +9.7% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1912 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 21.8 | — | — | — | +30.2 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Holy Cross | 1905 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -8.4 | — | — | — | -15.5 | +33.3% | Season summary |
| Holy Cross | 1904 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 33.3% | — | — | 7.1 | — | — | — | -2.9 | -46.7% | Season summary |
| Holy Cross | 1903 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 10.0 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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