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Frank Cayou
Illinois
Position(s)
Great Lakes Navy
Head coaching record
Overall38–30–4 (college football)
25–23 (college basketball)
18–5 (college baseball)

Francis Mitchell Cayou (March 7, 1878 – May 7, 1948)

Dickinson College, where they were enrolled in law school, in their Thanksgiving Day loss versus Penn State.[4] He also played quarterback and running back for Illinois Fighting Illini[5] and was noted for his speed that was displayed on a 95-yard kickoff return versus Purdue.[6] Cayou also set the Illinois Fighting Illini track record in the 220-yard dash, clocking in at 22 3/5 sec,[7] before bettering it with a 22 sec run.[8] Cayou served as captain of the Illinois track team in 1902 when elected captain, O.C. Bell, fell ill.[9]

Cayou, known as Standing Elk,[10] also served as chief of the Omaha tribe.[11]

Coaching career

Cayou was the 16th head football coach at Wabash College, serving from 1904 to 1907, and compiling a record of 20–12–1. 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.[12][13]

On January 6, 1918, Cayou became the athletic director of the Illinois Athletic Club,[14] where he served until 1921.[15] Cayou also served as the athletic director of the Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois from 1921 to 1923.

Head coaching record

College football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1904–1907)
1904 Wabash 4–4
1905 Wabash 6–5
1906 Wabash 5–1–1
1907 Wabash 5–2
Wabash: 20–12–1
Washington University Pikers (Missouri Valley Conference) (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: 38–30–4

References

  1. ^ Osage County, Oklahoma, Cemeteries: A.J. Powell Cemetery, Sections 36-43
  2. ^ "Services Held for F.M. Cayou", Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, p. 23, May 10, 1948
  3. ^ "Indian School Commencement", The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, p. 3, February 28, 1896
  4. ^ "Dickinson Badly Defeated by State at Williamsport", Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, p. 3, November 25, 1898
  5. ^ Illinois Football All-Time Rosters - 1900-1924, retrieved May 24, 2019
  6. ^ George Huff (November 4, 1900), "Cayou's Run of 95 yards: Illinois beats Purdue in last fifteen minutes", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, p. 18
  7. ^ "Illinois Athletes in Good Form: Track men do good work, Keator and Cayou taking the honors", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, p. 19, April 29, 1900
  8. ^ "Illinois Beaten", Daily Review, Decatur, IL, p. 6, May 13, 1900
  9. ^ "University of Illinois Alumni Yearbook and Directory of Chicago Men Athletic Edition 1935", Ancestry.com, p. 92
  10. ^ "Alumnus of School Back of Project", County Democrat-News, Sapulpa, OK, p. 1,4, December 16, 1926
  11. ^ "Indian Chief is U. of I. Graduate", Times, Streator, IL, p. 8, August 26, 1924
  12. ^ Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results Archived 2002-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.
  13. ^ Sideline Chatter Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006.
  14. ^ "Frank Cayou to Direct Sports at Illinois A.C.", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, p. 10, December 29, 1917
  15. ^ "Frank Cayou Resigns as Athletic Director", Journal Gazette, Mattoon, IL, p. 1, March 12, 1921

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