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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1903-12-03)December 3, 1903 Philippines |
| Died | September 22, 1971(1971-09-22) (aged 67) Lake Worth Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1941–1943 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 1944–1945 | Ohio State |
| 1946–1948 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 1949–1957 | Ohio |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1940–1961 | Ohio |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 58–38–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1national (1944) 1Big Ten (1944) 1MAC (1953) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Coach of the Year (1944) | |
Carroll Curtis Widdoes (December 3, 1903 – September 22, 1971) was an Americancollege football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach atOhio State University (1944–1945) andOhio University (1949–1957), compiling a career head coaching record of 58–38–5. Widdoes's1944 Ohio State team went undefeated and was retroactively namednational champion by theNational Championship Foundation and theSagarin Ratings.
Widdoes was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Howard W. Widdoes. The Widdoes were missionaries to thePhilippines for theUnited Brethren Church, a predecessor denomination of theUnited Methodist Church, and Carroll was born there in 1903. Carroll and his brothers and sister came to live at Otterbein in 1916.
After graduating fromOtterbein College inWesterville, Ohio in 1926, Widdoes was an assistant football coach underPaul Brown atMassillon Washington High School inMassillon, Ohio. He followed Brown toOhio State University as an assistant and assumed the head coaching job in 1944 when Brown joined theNavy, leading theBuckeyes to an undefeated season. That season, he coached Ohio State's firstHeisman Trophy winner,Les Horvath. In two seasons at Ohio State, Widdoes posted a 16–2 record. After the 1945 season, Widdoes left Ohio State, choosing hisoffensive coordinator,Paul Bixler, to be his successor.
Widdoes took over as head football coach atOhio University in 1949, eventually becomingathletic director as well. In nine seasons as head coach, he led theBobcats to a 42–36–5 record and aMid-American Conference title in 1953.
Widdoes retired in 1969 and moved toLake Worth Beach, Florida. He died at his home there on September 22, 1971.[1][2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Buckeyes(Big Ten Conference)(1944–1945) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Ohio State | 9–0 | 6–0 | 1st | 2 | ||||
| 1945 | Ohio State | 7–2 | 5–2 | 3rd | 12 | ||||
| Ohio State: | 16–2 | 11–2 | |||||||
| Ohio Bobcats(Mid-American Conference)(1949–1957) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Ohio | 4–4–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1950 | Ohio | 6–4 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1951 | Ohio | 5–4–1 | 2–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1952 | Ohio | 6–2–1 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1953 | Ohio | 6–2–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1954 | Ohio | 6–3 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1955 | Ohio | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1956 | Ohio | 2–7 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1957 | Ohio | 2–6–1 | 1–4–1 | T–5th | |||||
| Ohio: | 42–36–5 | 27–21–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 58–38–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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