Fred Folsom
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Early life and education
Folsom was born to Franklin W. Folsom and Lillian A. Hopkins in Old Town, Maine on November 9, 1873. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1895 and earned an LLB from the University of Colorado in 1899.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1895–1899) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Colorado | 4–1[n 1] | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1896 | Colorado | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1897 | Colorado | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1898 | Colorado | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1899 | Colorado | 7–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1901–1902) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1902 | Colorado | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Dartmouth (Independent) (1903–1906) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Dartmouth | 9–1 | |||||||
| 1904 | Dartmouth | 7–0–1 | |||||||
| 1905 | Dartmouth | 7–1–2 | |||||||
| 1906 | Dartmouth | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| Dartmouth: | 29–5–4 | ||||||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Colorado | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference / Rocky Mountain Conference) (1909–1915) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Colorado | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1910 | Colorado | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1911 | Colorado | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1912 | Colorado | 6–3 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1913 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1914 | Colorado | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1915 | Colorado | 1–6 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Colorado: | 77–23–2 | 38–12–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 106–28–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
See also
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