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Head coach · Tennessee · belt games 1974–1975

Bill Battle

329Days with the belt
1Reign started
5–1–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Tennessee (1974–1975) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 7 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Bill Battle was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 1974 and 1975, at Tennessee. He took the belt once and held it for 329 days across one reign.

He won it on October 26, 1974, Tennessee 29–28 over Clemson.

His longest reign ran 329 days with Tennessee, beginning October 26, 1974, and was defended six times along the way.

Across his career he coached five successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when UCLA won 34–28 on September 20, 1975.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Tennessee · October 26, 1974 – September 20, 1975329 days · 6 def.
Every belt game

8 games, newest first

September 20, 1975 · Tennessee at UCLA 28–34 as holderlost the beltSeptember 13, 1975 · Tennessee vs. Maryland 26–8 as holderdefendedDecember 16, 1974 · Tennessee vs. Maryland 7–3 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1974 · Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt 21–21 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 23, 1974 · Tennessee vs. Kentucky 24–7 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1974 · Tennessee vs. Ole Miss 29–17 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1974 · Tennessee vs. Memphis 34–6 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1974 · Tennessee vs. Clemson 29–28 as challengertook the belt

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.