John F. Bateman
American football player and coach
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| Places | United States of America | |
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Biography
John F. Bateman (1914 – January 1, 1998) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Rutgers University from 1960 to 1972, compiling a record of 73–51. Bateman played college football at Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1938. He was voted co-captain of the Columbia Lions football team in 1937. Bateman died at the age of 83 on January 1, 1998 in New London, New Hampshire.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Middle Atlantic Conference / Middle Three Conference) (1960–1961) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Rutgers | 8–1 | 4–0 | 1st (University) | |||||
| 1961 | Rutgers | 9–0 | 4–0 | 1st (University) | 15 | ||||
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Middle Three Conference) (1962–1972) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Rutgers | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1963 | Rutgers | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1964 | Rutgers | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1965 | Rutgers | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1966 | Rutgers | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1967 | Rutgers | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1968 | Rutgers | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1969 | Rutgers | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1970 | Rutgers | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1971 | Rutgers | 4–7 | |||||||
| 1972 | Rutgers | 7–4 | |||||||
| Rutgers: | 73–51 | ||||||||
| Total: | 73–51 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||