Pete Elliott

Head coach, Miami, 1973 to 1974
Before: Illinois

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

Pick a job to see its years on their own.

Nebraska1956 · 4-6California1957–59 · 10-21Illinois1960–66 · 31-34-1Miami1973–74 · 11-11All jobs56-72-1

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0-1 against his rivals at Nebraska.

Rivalry record

0-1

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

3-2

60.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Colorado0-10%

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

0-1 0.0%

National Program

0-1 0.0%

Regional Program

3-2 60.0%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

2-1 against his rivals at California. Winless in 3 tries against Tommy Prothro.

Rivalry record

2-1

66.7% · 1 rival

One-score games

5-12

29.4% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-3

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Stanford2-167%

The toughest matchup

vs. Tommy Prothro0-3

3 meetings, 1957–1959

’57 L’58 L’59 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-3 0.0%

Power Program

3-7 30.0%

National Program

5-6 45.5%

Regional Program

2-4 33.3%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

3-4 against his rivals at Illinois. Just 1-6 against Bump Elliott.

Rivalry record

3-4

42.9% · 1 rival

One-score games

9-9-1

47.4% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-6

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Northwestern3-443%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Bump Elliott1-6

7 meetings, 1960–1966

’60 L’61 L’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 W

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-6 0.0%

Power Program

18-20 47.4%

National Program

7-8 46.7%

Regional Program

6-0 100.0%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

2-1 against his rivals at Miami.

Rivalry record

2-1

66.7% · 2 rivals

One-score games

7-5

58.3% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

1-4

20.0%

Rivalry ledger

Florida State1-150%

Virginia Tech1-0100%

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

1-4 20.0%

Power Program

1-4 20.0%

National Program

5-3 62.5%

Regional Program

2-0 100.0%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

7-7 against his rivals. Just 1-6 against Bump Elliott.

Rivalry record

7-7

50.0% · 5 rivals

One-score games

24-28-1

45.3% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

1-15

6.2%

Rivalry ledger

Northwestern3-443%

Stanford2-167%

Florida State1-150%

Colorado0-10%

Virginia Tech1-0100%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Bump Elliott1-6

7 meetings, 1960–1966

’60 L’61 L’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 W

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

1-14 6.7%

Power Program

22-32 40.7%

National Program

17-18 48.6%

Regional Program

13-6 68.4%

Building the roster

Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Who followed him
2Roster ownership
3The NFL pipeline

Followed him here

Nebraska→

California1957

No confirmed followers on this move. This move predates this database’s 2021 transfer-portal tracking floor, so real followers may be undercounted here.

California→

Illinois1960

No confirmed followers on this move. This move predates this database’s 2021 transfer-portal tracking floor, so real followers may be undercounted here.

Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1973-1974) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least5Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 1 went in the first round.

At least 5 — his 1973, 1974 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 5 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1975	R1.11	Dennis Harrah	Offensive Guard	Los Angeles Rams	Estimated
1975	R3.13	Woody Thompson	Running Back	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
1975	R5.14	Joe Wysock	Offensive Guard	New York Jets	Estimated
1975	R5.17	Rubin Carter	Defensive Tackle	Denver Broncos	Estimated
1975	R7.11	Bill Capraun	Defensive Tackle	Philadelphia Eagles	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.

Pete Elliott

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

Building the roster

Followed him here

Roster ownership

The NFL pipeline

Career

Coaching career

Was he good?