Oliver Cutts

Oliver Cutts

Cutts pictured in Debris 1917, Purdue yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1873-08-06)August 6, 1873 North Anson, Maine, U.S.
Died	August 4, 1939(1939-08-04) (aged 65) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1895	Bates
1899–1901	Harvard
Position(s)	Guard, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903–1904	Purdue
1905	Washington
1906–1907	Harvard (assistant)
1922–1923	Bates
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1904–1905	Purdue
1915–1918	Purdue
Head coaching record
Overall	23–18–3
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Consensus All-American (1901)

Oliver Frost Cutts (August 6, 1873 – August 4, 1939) was an American college football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University (1903–1904), the University of Washington (1905), and Bates College (1922–1923), compiling a career head coaching record of 23–18–3. Cutts was also the athletic director at Purdue from 1904 to 1905 and again from 1915 to 1918. He died on August 4, 1939, at his home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Coaching career

From 1903 to 1904, Cutts coached at Purdue University, where he compiled a 13–5 record. This included a 9–3 season in 1904, where the Boilermakers outscored opponents 176–66. In 1905, he coached at the University of Washington, where he compiled a 4–2–2 record.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1903–1904)
1903	Purdue	4–2	0–2	9th
1904	Purdue	9–3	1–2	T–5th
Purdue:		13–5	1–4
Washington (Independent) (1905)
1905	Washington	5–2–2
Washington:		5–2–2
Bates Bobcats (Independent) (1922–1923)
1922	Bates	2–6–1
1923	Bates	3–5
Bates:		5–11–1
Total:		23–18–3