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Head coach · Tulane · belt games 1971–1972

Bennie Ellender

0Days with the belt
0Reigns started
1–1Defending it
0–1Challenging for it

Coached Tulane (1971–1972) in seasons with a belt game. 3 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Bennie Ellender was on a sideline for 3 belt games between 1971 and 1972, at Tulane, and never won the belt as a head coach.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 41–7 to Michigan on September 30, 1972.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Never won the belt as a head coach.

Every belt game

3 games, newest first

September 30, 1972 · Tulane at Michigan 7–41 as challengerlostSeptember 18, 1971 · Tulane at Georgia 7–17 as holderlost the beltSeptember 11, 1971 · Tulane vs. Texas Tech 15–9 as holderdefended

Head coaches from the College Football Data API’s coaching records, matched by team and season. A reign counts for the coach in charge the season it began; a mid-season change isn’t split.