Elmer Burnham

Elmer Harold Burnham (September 8, 1894 – March 9, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Purdue University in 1942 and 1943. Burnham's 1943 squad went 9–0 and shared the Big Ten Conference title with Michigan. From 1944 to 1960, Burnham served as the head coach at the University of Rochester, where he compiled a record of 82–48–6 in 17 seasons. Burnham served as Purdue's freshman football coach for seven years before assuming the role as varsity head coach in 1942. Before coming to Purdue, Burnham coached football at Central High School in South Bend, Indiana for 16 seasons, tallying a mark of 118–30–8.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP#
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1942–1943)
1942	Purdue	1–8	1–4	8th
1943	Purdue	9–0	6–0	T–1st		5
Purdue:		10–8	7–4
Rochester Yellowjackets () (1944–1960)
1944	Rochester	5–3
1945	Rochester	3–4
1946	Rochester	3–4–1
1947	Rochester	6–1–1
1948	Rochester	4–4–1
1949	Rochester	3–6
1950	Rochester	1–4–3
1951	Rochester	7–1
1952	Rochester	8–0
1953	Rochester	4–3
1954	Rochester	5–3
1955	Rochester	3–5
1956	Rochester	4–4
1957	Rochester	5–3
1958	Rochester	8–0
1959	Rochester	7–1
1960	Rochester	6–2
Rochester:		82–48–6
Total:		92–56–6
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final AP Poll.

External links

• Elmer Burnham at the College Football Data Warehouse