TENN
Head coach · Tennessee · belt games 1938–1940
Bob Neyland
450Days with the belt
1Reign started
18–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it
Coached Tennessee (1938–1939) in seasons with a belt game. 20 belt games in all: 19 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.
Bob Neyland was on a sideline for 20 belt games between 1938 and 1940, at Tennessee. He took the belt once and held it for 450 days across one reign, the 23rd-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
He won it on October 8, 1938, Tennessee 7–0 over Auburn.
His longest reign ran 450 days with Tennessee, beginning October 8, 1938, and was defended 18 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 18 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when USC won 14–0 on January 1, 1940.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
20 games, newest first
January 1, 1940 · Tennessee vs. USC 0–14 as holderlost the beltDecember 9, 1939 · Tennessee vs. Auburn 7–0 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1939 · Tennessee at Kentucky 19–0 as holderdefendedNovember 18, 1939 · Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt 13–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1939 · Tennessee vs. The Citadel 34–0 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1939 · Tennessee at LSU 20–0 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1939 · Tennessee vs. Mercer 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1939 · Tennessee vs. Alabama 21–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1939 · Tennessee at Chattanooga 28–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1939 · Tennessee vs. Sewanee 40–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 1939 · Tennessee at NC State 13–0 as holderdefendedJanuary 2, 1939 · Tennessee vs. Oklahoma 17–0 as holderdefendedDecember 3, 1938 · Tennessee vs. Ole Miss 47–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1938 · Tennessee vs. Kentucky 46–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1938 · Tennessee at Vanderbilt 14–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1938 · Tennessee vs. Chattanooga 45–0 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1938 · Tennessee vs. LSU 14–6 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1938 · Tennessee vs. The Citadel 44–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1938 · Tennessee at Alabama 13–0 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1938 · Tennessee vs. Auburn 7–0 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.