Robert Zuppke: coaching record and career

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

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.

1-5 against his rivals. Just 1-5 against Pappy Waldorf.

Rivalry record

1-5

16.7% · 1 rival

One-score games

5-9-4

27.8% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Northwestern1-517%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Pappy Waldorf1-5

6 meetings, 1936–1941

’36 L’37 W’38 L’39 L’40 L’41 L

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

0-16 0.0%

National Program

5-8 38.5%

Regional Program

6-2 75.0%

Building the roster

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

1Roster ownership

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1936-1941) 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.

Career

Coaching career

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The arc of his career is on Now.

Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder

1936–1941

Illinois Steady

National Program II

Robert Zuppke held Illinois at National Program II for 6 seasons.

9th-best Illinois tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Ray Eliot (1942–1959).

16-28-4