R. B. Rutherford

R. B. Rutherford
Biographical details
Rutherford from The Beaver, 1922
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1891-04-11)April 11, 1891 Beatrice, Nebraska
Died	February 16, 1976(1976-02-16) (aged 84) Butte County, California
Alma mater	University of Nebraska (1916)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917–1919	Washington University
1920–1923	Oregon Agricultural
Basketball
1917–1920	Washington University
1920–1922	Oregon Agricultural
Head coaching record
Overall	28–19–6 (football) 58–41 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Richard Burr Rutherford (April 11, 1891 – February 16, 1976) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington University in St. Louis from 1917 to 1919 and at Oregon Agricultural College, now Oregon State University, from 1920 to 1923, compiling a career college football record of 28–19–6. Rutherford was also the head basketball coach at Washington University from 1917 to 1920 and at Oregon Agricultural from 1920 to 1922, tallying a career college basketball mark of 58–41. He died in 1976 in California.^[1]

Coaching career

Football

Rutherford was the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team from 1920 to 1923. During his tenure there, he compiled a 13–14–6 record.^[2]

1923 Civil War

This Civil War was played at Hayward Field before 12,000 fans on November 25, 1923. It had been 15 years since Oregon State had beaten the University of Oregon in Eugene. In fact, in the 29 years the rivalry had been contested, Oregon Agricultural College had only beaten Oregon on the road on two other occasions, making this an era when most Beaver fans took it as a given that a trip "south to Lane County" was as good as a loss. OAC coach R.B. Rutherford and team captain Percy Locey felt otherwise. So did quarterback Roy Price. In the second quarter, Price took a Webfoot punt on his own 23-yard line and didn't stop until he had reached the Oregon end zone for the game's only score. Rutherford and the Beavers team won, 6–0. This game is still known as one of the greatest "Civil War" games.

Basketball

From 1920 to 1922, Rutherford also coached the Oregon State Beavers basketball team. In his two seasons as the head basketball coach, he posted a 27–19 record.^[3] He is one of three people to have coached both teams.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Washington University Bears (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1919)
1917	Washington University	4–3	1–2	6th
1918	Washington University	6–0
1919	Washington University	5–2	2–2	T–4th
Washington University:		15–5	3–4
Oregon Agricultural Beavers (Pacific Coast Conference) (1920–1923)
1920	Oregon Agricultural	2–2–2	1–2–1	5th
1921	Oregon Agricultural	4–3–2	1–2–1	4th
1922	Oregon Agricultural	3–4	1–3	T–5th
1923	Oregon Agricultural	4–5–2	1–3–1	T–6th
Oregon Agricultural:		13–14–6	4–10–3
Total:		28–19–6

References

↑
↑ "2006 Football Media Guide - Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Oregon State University. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
↑ "2005-06 Men's Basketball Media Guide - OSU Team History" (PDF). Oregon State University. p. 18. Retrieved 2006-11-14.

External links

R. B. Rutherford at the College Football Data Warehouse

Washington University Bears head football coaches

No coach (1890–1892)
No team (1893)
No coach (1894)
No team (1895–1896)
No coach (1897)
Arthur N. Sager (1898–1899)
No coach (1900)
Gordon Clark (1901)
Wayne Smith (1902)
L. W. Boynton (1903–1904)
C. A. Fairweather (1905)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1906–1907)
Francis M. Cayou (1908–1912)
William P. Edmunds (1913–1916)
R. B. Rutherford (1917–1919)
George Rider (1920–1922)
Byron Wimberly (1923–1924)
Bob Higgins (1925–1927)
Albert Sharpe (1928–1931)
Jimmy Conzelman (1932–1939)
Frank Loebs (1940–1941)
Tom Gorman (1942)
No team (1943–1946)
Weeb Ewbank (1947–1948)
Irwin Uteritz (1949–1952)
Carl Snavely (1953–1958)
Lynn Hovland (1959–1961)
Dave Puddington (1962–1967)
Richard D. Martin (1968–1971)
Donald E. McCright (1972–1976)
Chris Gianoulakis (1977–1979)
Ken Henderson (1980–1982)
Fred K. Remmy (1983–1987)
Ken Woody (1988 )
Larry Kindbom (1989– )

Oregon State Beavers head football coaches

Bill Bloss (1893)
Guy Kennedy (1894)
Paul Downing (1895)
Tommy Code (1896)
Bill Bloss (1897–1898)
Hiland Orlando Stickney (1899)
No team (1900)
No coach (1901)
Fred Herbold (1902)
Thomas L. McFadden (1903)
Allen Steckle (1904–1905)
Fred Norcross (1906–1908)
Sol Metzger (1909)
George Schildmiller (1910)
Sam Dolan (1911–1912)
E. J. Stewart (1913–1915)
Joseph Pipal (1916–1917)
Homer Woodson Hargiss (1918–1919)
R. B. Rutherford (1920–1923)
Paul J. Schissler (1924–1932)
Lon Stiner (1933–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Lon Stiner (1945–1948)
Kip Taylor (1949–1954)
Tommy Prothro (1955–1964)
Dee Andros (1965–1975)
Craig Fertig (1976–1979)
Joe Avezzano (1980–1984)
Dave Kragthorpe (1985–1990)
Jerry Pettibone (1991–1996)
Mike Riley (1997–1998)
Dennis Erickson (1999–2002)
Mike Riley (2003–2014)
Gary Andersen (2015– )

Oregon State Beavers men's basketball head coaches

J. B. Patterson (1901–1902)
J. W. Viggers (1902–1903)
W. O. Trine (1903–1907)
Roy Heater (1907–1908)
E. D. Angell (1908–1910)
Clifford Reed (1910–1911)
E. J. Stewart (1911–1916)
Everett May (1916–1917)
Howard Ray (1917–1918)
H. W. Hargiss (1919–1920)
R. B. Rutherford (1920–1922)
Robert Hager (1922–1928)
Slats Gill (1928–1959)
Paul Valenti # (1959–1960)
Slats Gill (1960–1964)
Paul Valenti (1964–1970)
Ralph Miller (1970–1989)
Jim Anderson (1989–1995)
Eddie Payne (1995–2000)
Ritchie McKay (2000–2002)
Jay John (2002–2007)
Kevin Mouton # (2008)
Craig Robinson (2008–2014)
Wayne Tinkle (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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