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Stub Allison

Stub Allison held California at Power Program II for 9 seasons.

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1936–1944 · 1 stint
California
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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 careerCALIFORNIAPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyCalifornia, 1936: 6-5, Power Program III1936California, 1937: 10-0, Power Program II1937California, 1938: 10-1, Power Program II1938California, 1939: 3-7, Power Program II1939California, 1940: 4-6, Power Program III1940California, 1941: 4-5, Power Program III1941California, 1942: 5-5, Power Program III1942California, 1943: 4-6, National Program I1943California, 1944: 3-6, National Program II1944+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

California, 9 seasons
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Power Program III → National 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.

5–2 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Jeff Cravath.

Rivalry record
5–2
71.4% · 1 rival
One-score games
10–15–2
37.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Stanford5–271%
The toughest matchup
vs. Jeff Cravath0–4–1
5 meetings, 1942–1944
’42 L’43 L’43 L’44 T’44 L
0% win rate across a real, 5-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
Power Program
12–13 48.0%
National Program
19–15 55.9%
Regional Program
0–1 0.0%

Coaching career

1936–1944
Californiacaretaker
Power Program II
Stub Allison held California at Power Program II for 9 seasons.

1st-best California tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Buck Shaw (1945–1945).

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