| Robert L. Mathews | |
| File:Robert L. Mathews.png The Archive 1928, Saint Louis yearbook | |
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1887 Leadville, Colorado |
| Died | September 1, 1947 Portland, Oregon |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1907 | Washington |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1912–1914 1915–1920 1921 1922–1925 1926–1927 1929 1931–1932 1937–1942 1944 1945–1946 Basketball 1942–1943 Baseball 1922 | Kenyon Willamette Washington (freshmen) Idaho Saint Louis Gonzaga West Seattle Athletic Club Portland Portland Rockets Lewis & Clark Portland Washington |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–6 (AFL) 8–8 (college basketball) 15–3 (college baseball) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
Robert Lee "Matty" Mathews (c. 1887 – September 1, 1947) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kenyon College (1912–1914), Willamette University (1915–1920), the University of Idaho (1922–1925), Saint Louis University (1926–1927), Gonzaga University (1929), the University of Portland (1937–1942), and Lewis & Clark College (1945–1946). He was also the head coach of the West Seattle Athletic Club in 1931 and 1932 and of the American Football League's Portland Rockets in 1944. Mathews was born in Leadville, Colorado and played college football at University of Washington and the University of Notre Dame. He died on September 1, 1947 at the age of 60 of a heart attack in Portland, Oregon.[1]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Kenyon Lords (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1912–1914) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Kenyon | 4–3–1 | 2–3–1 | T–7th | |||||
| 1913 | Kenyon | 5–3–1 | 1–3–1 | T–8th | |||||
| 1914 | Kenyon | 4–3–1 | 2–3 | 7th | |||||
| Kenyon: | 13–9–3 | 5–9–2 | |||||||
| Willamette Bearcats (1915–1920) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Willamette | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | Willamette | 4–2 | |||||||
| 1917 | Willamette | 1–1 | |||||||
| 1918 | No team—World War I | ||||||||
| 1919 | Willamette | 4–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | Willamette | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| Willamette: | 14–7–2 | ||||||||
| Idaho Vandals (Pacific Coast Conference) (1922–1925) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Idaho | 3–5 | 0–4 | 8th | |||||
| 1923 | Idaho | 5–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1924 | Idaho | 5–2–1 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1925 | Idaho | 3–5 | 2–3 | T–6th | |||||
| Idaho: | 16–14–2 | 8–11–1 | |||||||
| Saint Louis Billikens (Independent) (1926–1927) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Saint Louis | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1927 | Saint Louis | 5–5 | |||||||
| Saint Louis: | 8–11 | ||||||||
| Gonzaga Bulldogs (Independent) (1929) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Gonzaga | 4–3 | |||||||
| Gonzaga: | 4–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ AP (September 2, 1947). "Robert L. Mathews". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50E15FB3C55147B93C0A91782D85F438485F9. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
External links[]
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