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Ray Morrison
1916-1948 • SMU, Temple, Vanderbilt
3 schools coached, anchored by SMU.
Ray Morrison's coaching record is 142-99-33, highlighted by seasons at SMU from 1916 to 1948.
Ray Morrison coached 29 seasons, won 57.9%, and posted an average SRS of 2.7. Best season: 1927 SMU. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 5 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 142-99-33
- Career win rate
- 57.9%
- Average SRS
- 2.7
- Peak SRS
- 25.4
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
- 33 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 3.1
Primary school anchor
SMU
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 92.9.
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
- 142-99-33
- SMU record
- 82-31-20
- Full-season record
- 142-99-33
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-5
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs TCU
- 5-5-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
274 countable games, 57.9% win rate.
13 countable seasons at SMU.
29 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Battle for the Iron Skillet 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 20, 1948. 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.
Ray Morrison
EliteStrongAverageLean
Ray Morrison: 1918 VanderbiltRay Morrison: 1922 SMURay Morrison: 1935 VanderbiltRay Morrison: 1940 Temple
1916Actual season year • SRS range -41.1 to 25.41948
Active comparison point
Ray Morrison • 1927
1927 SMU
Best season7-2 • SRS 25.4 • SP Overall —
Win %
77.8%
YoY SRS
+15.0
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
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results8
| 1947 Regular Week 9 | Temple | Penn State | #5 | L0-7 |
| 1946 Regular Week 4 | Temple | Georgia | #5 | L7-35 |
| 1943 Regular Week 5 | Temple | Army | #3 | L0-51 |
| 1940 Regular Week 5 | Temple | Boston College | #8 | L20-33 |
| 1940 Regular Week 4 | Temple | Georgetown | #9 | L0-14 |
| 1939 Regular Week 6 | Vanderbilt | Georgia Tech | #19 | L6-14 |
| 1939 Regular Week 4 | Vanderbilt | Kentucky | #18 | L13-21 |
| 1937 Regular Week 6 | Vanderbilt | LSU | #10 | W7-6 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Temple
1940-1948 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS -6.5 • Win % 45.5%
Vanderbilt
1935-1939 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 7.0 • Win % 55.3%
SMU
1922-1934 • 13 seasons
Avg SRS 10.7 • Win % 69.2%
Vanderbilt
1918-1918 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS — • Win % 66.7%
SMU
1916-1916 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -41.1 • Win % 10.0%
- Longest tenure
- SMU • 13 seasons
- Best tenure
- SMU • 10.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- SMU • 69.2%
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.
Ray Morrison
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.
Temple
1940-1948 • 31-38-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.5Win % 45.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.4 during vs 4.2 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.5 during vs 3.4 baseline
-9.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Vanderbilt
1935-1939 • 25-20-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.0Win % 55.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 5.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 8.8 baseline
-1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
SMU
1922-1934 • 82-31-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.7Win % 69.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 3.2 baseline
+3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.7 during vs -11.4 baseline
+22.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Vanderbilt
1918-1918 • 4-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS —Win % 66.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 5.6 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
— during vs 3.0 baseline
—
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
SMU
1916-1916 • 0-8-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -41.1Win % 10.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
SMU 1927
7-2 • SRS 25.4
Biggest Improvement
SMU 1927
7-2 • 15.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
SMU 1916
0-8-2 • SRS -41.1
Biggest Drop
SMU 1928
6-3-1 • -19.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Temple | 1948 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | -13.0 | — | — | — | -2.4 | -5.6% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1947 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -10.6 | — | — | — | -7.9 | -4.2% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1946 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 37.5% | — | — | -2.7 | — | — | — | -0.8 | -50.0% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1945 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | -1.9 | — | — | — | +12.0 | +50.0% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1944 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 37.5% | — | — | -13.9 | — | — | — | +4.6 | +12.5% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1943 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -18.5 | — | — | — | -13.4 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1942 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 35.0% | — | — | -5.1 | — | — | — | -8.7 | -42.8% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1941 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 3.6 | — | — | — | 0.0 | +27.8% | Season summary |
| Temple | 1940 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.6 | — | — | — | +2.4 | +25.0% | Season summary |
| Vanderbilt | 1939 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | — | — | 1.2 | — | — | — | -4.6 | -41.7% | Season summary |
| Vanderbilt | 1938 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 5.8 | — | — | — | -6.2 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Vanderbilt | 1937 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 12.0 | — | — | — | +6.9 | +38.9% | Season summary |
| Vanderbilt | 1936 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | 5.1 | — | — | — | -5.7 | -31.1% | Season summary |
| Vanderbilt | 1935 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | -3.9 | -5.0% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1934 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 75.0% | — | — | 14.7 | — | — | — | +8.6 | +37.5% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1933 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 37.5% | — | — | 6.1 | — | — | — | +6.1 | +4.2% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1932 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 33.3% | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | -10.2 | -53.0% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1931 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | — | 10.2 | — | — | — | -3.7 | +21.4% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1930 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 13.9 | — | — | — | -7.3 | -15.0% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1929 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 80.0% | — | — | 21.2 | — | — | — | +15.0 | +15.0% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1928 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 6.2 | — | — | — | -19.2 | -12.8% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1927 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 25.4 | — | — | — | +15.0 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1926 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | — | 10.4 | — | — | — | +6.3 | +27.8% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1925 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 4.1 | — | — | — | -2.0 | -3.3% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1924 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 70.0% | — | — | 6.1 | — | — | — | -11.7 | -30.0% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1923 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 17.8 | — | — | — | +14.8 | +35.0% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1922 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | — | — | -1.7% | Season summary |
| Vanderbilt | 1918 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +56.7% | Season summary |
| SMU | 1916 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10.0% | — | — | -41.1 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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