Earle Bruce - Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Hall of Fame
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Earle Bruce
- Category:
- Coach
- School:
- Iowa State
- Bowl Year(s):
- 1977
EARLE BRUCE • HEAD COACH • IOWA STATE• 1977
Peach Bowl: LOST to North Carolina State, 24-14
Coaching Career: 21 seasons – 144-88-2 (.615)…Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002… Led four different schools to bowl games, compiling a 12-5 postseason record…Captured four Big 10 championships at Ohio State during his nine-year tenure… Also enshrined by the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2000…Built reputation in coaching ranks as a successful high school coach in Ohio…Has also manned the sidelines in the Arena Football League
Tampa (1972)
Record: 10-2 (.833)
Iowa State (1973-1978)
Record: 36-32 (.529)
Ohio State (1979-1987)
Record: 81-26-1 (.750)
Northern Iowa (1988)
Record: 5-6 (.455)
Colorado State (1989-1992)
Record: 22-24-1 (.468)
Playing Career: Bruce played on Ohio State’s freshman team in 1950 before a knee injury ended his career…Following his injury, Buckeyes coach Woody Hayes asked Bruce to join the coaching staff until graduation.
Peach Bowl: LOST to North Carolina State, 24-14
Coaching Career: 21 seasons – 144-88-2 (.615)…Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002… Led four different schools to bowl games, compiling a 12-5 postseason record…Captured four Big 10 championships at Ohio State during his nine-year tenure… Also enshrined by the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2000…Built reputation in coaching ranks as a successful high school coach in Ohio…Has also manned the sidelines in the Arena Football League
Tampa (1972)
Record: 10-2 (.833)
Iowa State (1973-1978)
Record: 36-32 (.529)
Ohio State (1979-1987)
Record: 81-26-1 (.750)
Northern Iowa (1988)
Record: 5-6 (.455)
Colorado State (1989-1992)
Record: 22-24-1 (.468)
Playing Career: Bruce played on Ohio State’s freshman team in 1950 before a knee injury ended his career…Following his injury, Buckeyes coach Woody Hayes asked Bruce to join the coaching staff until graduation.
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