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Robert Davis

Followed Julius Wagner. Robert Davis moved Colorado State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program II in 9 seasons.

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1947–1955 · 1 stint
Colorado State
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerCOLORADO STATERegional Programthe building-block levelColorado State, 1947: 5-4, Regional Program V1947Colorado State, 1948: 8-3, Regional Program V1948Colorado State, 1949: 9-1, Regional Program III1949Colorado State, 1950: 6-3, Regional Program III1950Colorado State, 1951: 5-4, Regional Program III1951Colorado State, 1952: 6-4, Regional Program III1952Colorado State, 1953: 4-5, Regional Program III1953Colorado State, 1954: 3-7, Regional Program III1954Colorado State, 1955: 8-2, Regional Program II1955+8.6One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Colorado State, 9 seasons
+8.6
Regional Program V → Regional Program II.

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.

8–10 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against John Roning.

Rivalry record
8–10
44.4% · 2 rivals
One-score games
15–13–1
51.7% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Colorado3–633%
Wyoming5–456%
The toughest matchup
vs. John Roning1–2–1
4 meetings, 1951–1954
’51 T’52 W’53 L’54 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
National Program
7–13 35.0%
Regional Program
27–14 65.9%

Coaching career

1947–1955
Colorado Statecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program II
Robert Davis moved Colorado State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program II in 9 seasons.

6th-best Colorado State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Julius Wagner (1942–1946) · succeeded by Tuffy Mullison (1956–1961).

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