Francis M. Cayou

Francis M. Cayou
Biographical details
Cayou at Wabash, c. 1907
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1878-03-07)March 7, 1878 Nebraska, United States
Died	May 7, 1948(1948-05-07) (aged 70)^[1] United States
Playing career
Football
c. 1900	Carlisle
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1904–1907	Wabash
1908–1912	Washington University
Basketball
1908–1910	Washington University
1911–1913	Washington University
Head coaching record
Overall	25–23 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Francis Molly "Frank" Cayou (March 7, 1878 – May 7, 1948) an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Wabash College from 1904 to 1907 and at Washington University in St. Louis from 1908 to 1912, compiling a career college football coaching record of 38–31–4. He also coached basketball at Washington University from 1908 to 1910 and again from 1911 to 1913, tallying a mark of 25–23. Cayou was a member of the Omaha tribe and attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. He played football there as a quarterback for the Carlisle Indians.

Coaching career

Cayou was the 16th head football coach at Wabash College, serving from 1904 to 1907. His record at Wabash was 20–13–1. This ranks him ninth at Wabash in total wins and 11th at Wabash in winning percentage (.603).^[2] In 1905, Cayou led Wabash to one of its most impressive upsets when it defeated Notre Dame, 5–0, at South Bend. It proved to be the Fighting Irish's only home-field loss in 125 games between 1899 and 1928.^[3]^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1904–1907)
1904	Wabash	4–4
1905	Wabash	6–6
1906	Wabash	5–1
1907	Wabash	5–2
Wabash:		20–13–1
Washington University Bears (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908–1912)
1908	Washington University	4–4–1	0–2	6th
1909	Washington University	3–4	0–2	7th
1910	Washington University	3–4	0–2	6th
1911	Washington University	4–2–2	0–0–2	T–3rd
1912	Washington University	4–4	0–2	6th
Washington University:		18–18–3	0–8–2
Total:		38–31–4

References

↑
↑ Wabash College coaching records
↑ Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.
↑ Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006.

External links

Francis M. Cayou at the College Football Data Warehouse
Francis M. Cayou at Find a Grave

Wabash Little Giants head football coaches

Edwin R. Taber (1884)
No team (1885)
Evans Woollen (1886)
William Martin (1887)
No team (1888)
C. Sherman King (1889)
Robert A. King (1890)
Mason B. Thomas (1891)
William C. Malley (1892)
Elmer Horton (1893)
A. Vernon Randall (1894)
Franklin D. Arms (1895)
Frank M. Gould (1896)
No team (1897)
James B. Modesitt (1898–1899)
Anthony Chez (1900)
Frederick Feil (1901)
Eben Wilson (1902–1903)
Francis M. Cayou (1904–1907)
Ralph Jones (1908)
Jesse Harper (1909–1912)
Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914)
Paul Sheeks (1915–1916)
J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918)
Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945)
Glen Harmeson (1946–1950)
Garland Frazier (1951–1960)
Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966)
Max Urick (1967–1970)
Dick Bowman (1971–1973)
Frank Navarro (1974–1977)
Stan Parrish (1978–1982)
Greg Carlson (1983–2000)
Chris Creighton (2001–2007)
Erik Raeburn (2008– )

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– )

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