T. A. Dwight Jones

T. A. Dwight Jones

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Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1887-02-22)February 22, 1887 Excello, Ohio
Died	Hamden, Connecticut
Playing career
1905–1907	Yale
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1908	Yale (assistant)
1909–1910	Syracuse
1916–1917	Yale
1920–1927	Yale
Head coaching record
Overall	69–24–6 (college)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-American, 1906 All-American, 1907
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1958 (profile)

Thomas Albert Dwight "Tad" Jones (February 22, 1887 – June 19, 1957) was an American football player and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Syracuse University (1909–1910) and Yale University (1916–1917, 1920–1927), compiling a career college football record of 69–24–6. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1958.

Jones quarterbacked Yale to 6–0 and 12–0 victories versus Harvard as a junior and senior, respectively, in 1906 and 1907. Yale finished with 9–0–1 records both years, and he was named an All-American both seasons. As head coach, Jones lead Yale football to a 5–3–1 record versus Harvard, and gave the most revered pregame pep talk in Yale athletic history before the Harvard–Yale game in 1923. Before the 1925 game, Jones intoned famously, "Gentlemen, you are about to play football against Harvard. Never again may you do something so important." That contest ended in a scoreless tie.

Family and honors

Jones's older brother was Howard Jones, who also played at Yale from 1905 to 1907. The elder Jones also coached at Yale and Syracuse, as well as Ohio State University, the University of Iowa, Duke University, and the University of Southern California.

The "T.A.D. Jones" room at the Phillips Exeter Academy gymnasium is named for Jones. Thomas Albert Dwight "Tad" Jones is entombed in a private crypt in Woodside Cemetery & Arboretum in Middletown, OH

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Syracuse Orangemen (Independent) (1909–1910)
1909	Syracuse	4–5–1
1910	Syracuse	5–4–1
Syracuse:		9–9–2
Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1916–1917)
1916	Yale	8–1
1917	Yale	3–0
Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1920–1927)
1920	Yale	5–3
1921	Yale	8–1
1922	Yale	6–3–1
1923	Yale	8–0
1924	Yale	6–0–2
1925	Yale	5–2–1
1926	Yale	4–4
1927	Yale	7–1
Yale:		60–15–4
Total:		69–24–6

External links

• T. A. Dwight Jones at the College Football Hall of Fame
• T. A. Dwight Jones at the College Football Data Warehouse