Tad Jones (American football)

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Thomas Albert Dwight "Tad" Jones (February 22, 1887 – June 19, 1957) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Syracuse University (1909–1910) and Yale University (1916–1917, 1920–1927), compiling a career head coaching record of 69–24–6.[n 1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1958.

Jones quarterbacked Yale to 6–0 and 12–0 victories versus Harvard as a junior and senior, respectively, in 1906 and 1907. Yale finished with 9–0–1 records both years, and he was named an All-American both seasons. As head coach, Jones led Yale football to a 5–3–1 record versus Harvard, and gave the most revered pregame pep talk in Yale athletic history before the Harvard–Yale game in 1923. Before that contest Jones intoned famously, "Gentlemen, you are about to play football against Harvard. Never again may you do something so important."[2] Yale won 13–0, with Babe Ruth providing broadcast commentary. Ducky Pond returned a Harvard fumble sixty-three yards for a touchdown. Bill Mallory kicked the extra point and two field goals.[3] The Yale team was 8-0 for the season.[4]

Family and honors

Jones's older brother was Howard Jones, who also played at Yale from 1905 to 1907. The elder Jones also coached at Yale and Syracuse, as well as Ohio State University, the University of Iowa, Duke University, and the University of Southern California.

The "T.A.D. Jones" room at the gymnasium of Phillips Exeter Academy, where he taught, is named for Jones.[5]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Syracuse Orangemen (Independent) (1909–1910)
1909 Syracuse 4–5–1
1910 Syracuse 5–4–1
Syracuse: 9–9–2
Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1916–1917)
1916 Yale 8–1
1917 Yale 3–0[n 1]
Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1920–1927)
1920 Yale 5–3
1921 Yale 8–1
1922 Yale 6–3–1
1923 Yale 8–0
1924 Yale 6–0–2
1925 Yale 5–2–1
1926 Yale 4–4
1927 Yale 7–1
Yale: 60–15–4[n 1]
Total: 69–24–6[n 1]

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b c d Though official Yale records credit the 1917 season to Jones, Thomas G. Bergin explains in his book, The Game: The Harvard-Yale Football Rivalry, 1875-1983, that the 1917 season was informal, with the team led by Arthur Brides and trainer Johnny Mack. The 1917 team had a 3–0 record.[1]

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References

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  3. ↑ The Game, p. 145.
  4. ↑ The Game, p. 141
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External links

  • [[[:Template:College Football HoF/url]] College Football Hall of Fame profile]

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