Don Faurot

Head coach, Missouri, 1936 to 1956

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Career arc

Stats

Big games

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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.

6-0 against his rivals at Missouri. Just 1-3 against Tom Stidham.

Rivalry record

6-0-1

85.7% · 1 rival

One-score games

13-13-3

44.8% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Kansas6-0-186%

The toughest matchup

vs. Tom Stidham1-3

4 meetings, 1937–1940

’37 L’38 L’39 W’40 L

25% win rate across a real, 4-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

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

9-10 47.4%

National Program

8-7 53.3%

Regional Program

18-1 94.7%

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.

7-4 against his rivals at Missouri. Winless in 10 tries against Bud Wilkinson.

Rivalry record

7-4

63.6% · 1 rival

One-score games

18-23-4

40.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-9

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Kansas7-464%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bud Wilkinson0-10

10 meetings, 1947–1956

’47 L’48 L’49 L’50 L’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L’55 L’56 L

0% win rate across a real, 10-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

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0-8 0.0%

Power Program

3-22 12.0%

National Program

16-10 61.5%

Regional Program

29-15 65.9%

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.

13-4 against his rivals. Winless in 10 tries against Bud Wilkinson.

Rivalry record

13-4-1

72.2% · 1 rival

One-score games

31-36-7

41.9% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-10

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Kansas13-4-172%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bud Wilkinson0-10

10 meetings, 1947–1956

’47 L’48 L’49 L’50 L’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L’55 L’56 L

0% win rate across a real, 10-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

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0-9 0.0%

Power Program

12-32 27.3%

National Program

24-17 58.5%

Regional Program

47-16 74.6%

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 (1936-1956) 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 least13Drafted

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 13 — his 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 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 · 13 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1957	R6.65	Estimated
1953	R3.28	Estimated
1953	R5.49	Estimated
1950	R2.23	Estimated
1950	R6.67	Estimated
1950	R7.84	Estimated
1949	R7.61	Estimated
1947	R3.13	Estimated

Year	Pick	Note
1943	R1.09	Estimated
1942	R7.53	Estimated
1941	R2.13	Estimated
1939	R5.31	Estimated
1937	R5.35	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.

Don Faurot

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

Building the roster

Roster ownership

The NFL pipeline

Career

Coaching career

All-time wins