These were just thrown together quickly, and are only an indication of the overall picture of the recruiting, coaching and every other factor that can influence the overall record year by year. This just puts together some longer-term basic facts.
*I didn't take time to do Cal Stoll and Gutey. Cal would be ranked third above Mason and Gutey would have been right mixed in with Mason and Kill.
I can hardly wait to start the OFFICIAL watch of how TC will stack up against some of these examples. Each coach had the program at different periods and stages of the history of Gopher Football.
A few questions: Would Bernie and Murray have fared as well if the ties were taken out and they had to play more conference games? Also, it would appear that in many regards Kill & Mason were quite equal. Was it a help for Kill to have TCF BANK STADIUM? Or, is that a non-factor?
Obviously, Bernie and Murray didn't play as many games per season, and didn't have as many bowl games. Games also ended in ties during their era.
The ratio of Big Ten wins vs Big Ten losses tells a story though.
Of the Big Ten games played each season:
Bierman won 70%
Warmath won 54%
Stoll won 48%
Mason won 40%
Gutey won 39.6%
Kill won 39%
Brewster won 23%
Coach # of Seasons # wins per season # losses per season # Big Ten Wins # Big Ten Losses
Bierman 16 5.8 2.2 3.5 1.75
Warmath 18 4.8 4.3 3.8 3.2
Stoll 7 5.5 5.5 3.8 4.2
Mason 10 6.4 5.7 3.2 4.8
Gutey 6 4.8 6.2 3.0 4.7 ties .30
Kill 4.5 6.4 6.4 3.2 4.8
Brewster 3.6 4.2 8.3 1.8 6.2
*I didn't take time to do Cal Stoll and Gutey. Cal would be ranked third above Mason and Gutey would have been right mixed in with Mason and Kill.
I can hardly wait to start the OFFICIAL watch of how TC will stack up against some of these examples. Each coach had the program at different periods and stages of the history of Gopher Football.
A few questions: Would Bernie and Murray have fared as well if the ties were taken out and they had to play more conference games? Also, it would appear that in many regards Kill & Mason were quite equal. Was it a help for Kill to have TCF BANK STADIUM? Or, is that a non-factor?
Obviously, Bernie and Murray didn't play as many games per season, and didn't have as many bowl games. Games also ended in ties during their era.
The ratio of Big Ten wins vs Big Ten losses tells a story though.
Of the Big Ten games played each season:
Bierman won 70%
Warmath won 54%
Stoll won 48%
Mason won 40%
Gutey won 39.6%
Kill won 39%
Brewster won 23%
Coach # of Seasons # wins per season # losses per season # Big Ten Wins # Big Ten Losses
Bierman 16 5.8 2.2 3.5 1.75
Warmath 18 4.8 4.3 3.8 3.2
Stoll 7 5.5 5.5 3.8 4.2
Mason 10 6.4 5.7 3.2 4.8
Gutey 6 4.8 6.2 3.0 4.7 ties .30
Kill 4.5 6.4 6.4 3.2 4.8
Brewster 3.6 4.2 8.3 1.8 6.2
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