Elmer Burnham

• He is Rochester's all-time victory leader in football
• Coached on the River Campus from 1944 to 1960
• In 17 years, his teams won 82 games, lost 48, and tied 6
• He coached the only two unbeaten, untied football teams—both the 1952 and 1958 teams finished 8-0-0
• His 1951 and 1959 teams were 7-1
• The 1959 team set a single-season rushing record that stood for 30 years
• His teams of the 1950s had representatives on the AP Little All-America team for eight consecutive years
• He came to Rochester from Purdue University where he coached the Boilermakers to an undefeated Big Ten championship