In nine seasons under Cravath, the USC Trojans football team compiled a 54–28–8 record, won four Pacific Coast Conference titles, and made four appearances in the Rose Bowl Game.

All-American teammate Jesse Hibbs later noted, "I played with Jeff the year we opened the series against Notre Dame.

That year the Notre Dame center [Bud Boeringer] made the team and Jeff completely outplayed him.

Cravath next became the head coach at the University of Denver from 1929 to 1931, with a record of 11–9–1, and then served one year as an assistant at Chaffey College.

The new coach, rejected for military service due to poor eyesight, became the first USC alumnus to lead the program.

Cravath's players at USC included Ralph Heywood, Jim Hardy, John Ferraro, Paul Cleary, and Frank Gifford.

Following his coaching career, Cravath became a racing official at Santa Anita Park for two winters before moving to El Centro, California, and becoming a rancher.

He also served as a technical advisor on the 1953 football film Trouble Along the Way, starring his old teammate John Wayne.

Sportswriter Braven Dyer noted, "For a man who was orphaned early in life, he grew out of rough surroundings to a point where he seemed always to know the right thing to say in public.

He was subjected to unreasonable pressure in his last year at SC, but he never lost his interest in the game and his deep attachment to the men who played for him.