Abe Stuber

Head coach, Iowa State, 1947 to 1953

College career24-38-3

Program liftNo. 631tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

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.

Winless in 5 tries against William Glassford.

One-score games

7-12-3

31.8% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-4

0.0%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. William Glassford0-5

5 meetings, 1949–1953

’49 L’50 L’51 L’52 L’53 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-4 0.0%

Power Program

0-4 0.0%

National Program

3-16 15.8%

Regional Program

14-14 50.0%

Building the roster

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

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1947-1953) 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 least1Drafted

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.

At least 1 — his 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 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 · 1 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1951	R5.49				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.