George W. Woodruff (coach)

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George W. Woodruff
Title	Head Coach
Sport	Football
Born	February 22, 1864
Place of birth	Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Died	March 24, 1934
Career Highlights
Overall	142-25-2
Coaching Stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
National Championship: 1895, 1897
School as a player
1885-1888	Yale
Coaching positions
1892-1901 1903 1905	University of Pennsylvania University of Illinois Carlisle Indian School
College Football Hall of Fame, 1963

George Washington Woodruff (February 22, 1864 - March 24, 1934) was an American football coach as well as a teacher, lawyer and politician.

Contents 1 Football 1.1 Coaching Record 2 Political Carreer 3 References

[edit] Football

He was graduate of Yale University in 1889 and the University of Pennsylvania ware he earned his LL.B. law degree in 1895. His teammates at Yale included Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pudge Heffelfinger, and Pa Corbin. At Penn he coached Truxton Hare, Carl Williams, and Charles Gelbert. In his ten years of coaching at Pennsylvania, Woodruff compiled a 124-15-2 record while scoring 1777 points and only giving up 88. He also coached one year each at the University of Illinois and Carlisle Indian School.

[edit] Coaching Record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl Game	Bowl Opponent	Outcome	Rank#
University of Pennsylvania Quakers (independent) (1892 — 1901)
1892	Pennsylvania	15-1
1893	Pennsylvania	12-3
1894	Pennsylvania	12-0
1895	Pennsylvania	14-0
1896	Pennsylvania	14-1
1897	Pennsylvania	15-0
1898	Pennsylvania	12-1
1899	Pennsylvania	8-3-2
1900	Pennsylvania	12-1
1901	Pennsylvania	10-5
At Pennsylvania:		124-15-2
University of Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten) (1903 — 1903)
1903	Illinois	8-6	1-5	7th
At Illinois:		8-6	1-5
Carlisle Indian Industrial School Indians (independent) (1905 — 1905)
1905	Carlisle	10-4
At Carlisle:		10-4
Career:		142-25-2
National Championship          Conference Title

Note: Before 1936, national champions were determined by historical research and retroactive ratings and polls.
1894 Poll Results = Penn: Parke Davis, Princeton: Houlgate, Yale: Billingsley, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis
1895 Poll Results = Penn: Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, Yale: Parke Davis
1897 Poll Results = Penn: Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, Yale: Parke Davis

[edit] Political Carreer

After coaching Woodruff practiced law and was active in politics. His political career included being Acting Secretary of the Interior under President Theodore Roosevelt and Pennsylvania state attorney-general.

[edit] References

• year by year record at College Football Data Warehouse
• biography at university of Pennsylvania Archives
• Penn 2006 media guide
• biography at college football hall of fame

Preceded by E. O. Wagenhurst	University of Pennsylvania Head Football Coaches 1992-1901	Succeeded by Carl Sheldon Williams
Preceded by Ellis Ward	Penn Head Rowing Coaches 1892 -1995	Succeeded by Ellis Ward

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