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Head coach · Alabama · belt games 1987–1987

Bill Curry

14Days with the belt
2Reigns started
0–2Defending it
2–0Challenging for it

Coached Alabama (1987) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Bill Curry was on a sideline for 4 belt games in 1987, at Alabama. He took the belt twice and held it for 14 days across two reigns.

The first came on September 12, 1987, Alabama 24–13 over Penn State.

His longest reign ran 7 days with Alabama, beginning September 12, 1987, and ended at the first challenge.

The belt changed hands under him twice, last when Notre Dame won 37–6 on November 14, 1987.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Alabama · November 7, 1987 – November 14, 19877 days · 0 def.Alabama · September 12, 1987 – September 19, 19877 days · 0 def.
Every belt game

4 games, newest first

November 14, 1987 · Alabama at Notre Dame 6–37 as holderlost the beltNovember 7, 1987 · Alabama at LSU 22–10 as challengertook the beltSeptember 19, 1987 · Alabama vs. Florida 14–23 as holderlost the beltSeptember 12, 1987 · Alabama at Penn State 24–13 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.