Harbaugh Coached Teams on the Road

Submitted by Sledgehammer on

After last Saturday, I wanted to look at how Harbaugh teams have done on the road against the spread. Here are the results from the last two years.

Nov 12, 2016

MICH

13

IOWA

14

L

+24.0

L

51.0

U

Oct 29, 2016

MICH

32

MICHST

23

W

+24.5

L

51.0

O

Oct 8, 2016

MICH

78

RUTGER

0

W

+30.5

W

52.5

O

Nov 21, 2015

MICH

28

PENNST

16

W

+3.5

W

43.0

O

Nov 14, 2015

MICH

48

INDIAN

41

W

+12.0

L

55.5

O

Oct 31, 2015

MICH

29

MINN

26

W

+11.0

L

39.0

O

Oct 3, 2015

MICH

28

MARYL

0

W

+13.5

W

46.5

U

Sep 3, 2015

MICH

17

UTAH

24

L

-5.0

L

44.5

U

 

Michigan is 6-2 on the road the past two years, but 3-5 against the spread. The data for Stanford was harder to find and not as neatly packaged as the more recent Michigan games, so here is a bullet point with the years.

·         In 2010, Stanford had a 5-1 record on the road, but were 4-2 against the spread.

·         In 2009, Stanford had a 2-3 record on the road and were 2-3 against the spread.

·         In 2008, Stanford had a 1-6 record on the road, but were 2-5 against the spread

·         In 2007, Stanford had a 2-2 record on the road and were 2-2 against the spread

His total record on the road in his last six seasons as a college coach is 16-14 and his record against the spread is 13-17. So, what does this tell us? It says that a Harbaugh coached team doesn’t perform that well on the road compared to expectations. 

notTHATbrian

November 15th, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^

The goal of the spread is to entice betting and make money. So further analysis would have to include opening and closing spreads. percentage of bets vs dollars for or against Harbaugh coached teams. Then of course a control sample group of random similar teams I like circumstances.