Biff Jones
Jones from 1941 Cornhusker
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 8, 1895 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
| Playing career | |
| 1915–1916 | Army |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926–1929 | Army |
| 1932–1934 | LSU |
| 1935–1936 | Oklahoma |
| 1937–1941 | Nebraska |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1935–1936 | Oklahoma |
| 1937–1942 | Nebraska |
| 1942–? | Army |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 87–33–15 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SoCon (1932) 2 Big Six (1937, 1940) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile) |
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Lawrence McCeney "Biff" Jones (October 8, 1895 – February 12, 1980) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as a head coach at the United States Military Academy (1926–1929), Louisiana State University (1932–1934), the University of Oklahoma (1935–1936), and the University of Nebraska (1937–1941), compiling a career record of 87–33–15. Jones was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
Coaching career
Jones was an United States Army major. In 1937, he left the Oklahoma Sooners to coach their rival, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, replacing coach Dana X. Bible. Jones remained at Nebraska for five years a tallied a 28–14–4 mark. He led Nebraska to its first bowl game, the 1941 Rose Bowl, and also coached the second-ever televised college football game. Jones left Nebraska when he was called back to service during World War II.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
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| Army Cadets (Independent) (1926–1929) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Army | 7–1–1 | |||||||
| 1927 | Army | 9–1 | |||||||
| 1928 | Army | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1929 | Army | 6–4–1 | |||||||
| Army: | 30–8–2 | ||||||||
| LSU Tigers (Southern Conference) (1932) | |||||||||
| 1932 | LSU | 6–3–1 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1933–1934) | |||||||||
| 1933 | LSU | 7–0–3 | 3–0–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1934 | LSU | 7–2–2 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
| LSU: | 20–5–6 | 11–2–2 | |||||||
| Oklahoma Sooners (Big Six Conference) (1935–1936) | |||||||||
| 1935 | Oklahoma | 6–3 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1936 | Oklahoma | 3–3–3 | 1–2–2 | 4th | |||||
| Oklahoma: | 9–6–3 | 4–4–3 | |||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Six Conference) (1937–1941) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Nebraska | 6–1–2 | 3–0–2 | 1st | 11 | ||||
| 1938 | Nebraska | 3–5–1 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1939 | Nebraska | 7–1–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | 18 | ||||
| 1940 | Nebraska | 8–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L Rose | 7 | |||
| 1941 | Nebraska | 4–5 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Nebraska: | 28–14–4 | 17–6–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 87–33–15 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final AP Poll. | |||||||||
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