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Head coach · Tennessee · belt games 1955–1962

Bowden Wyatt

430Days with the belt
3Reigns started
12–3Defending it
3–2Challenging for it

Coached Tennessee (1955–1962) in seasons with a belt game. 20 belt games in all: 15 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Tennessee · November 7, 1959 – November 14, 19597 days · 0 def.Tennessee · October 26, 1957 – November 16, 195721 days · 2 def.Tennessee · November 26, 1955 – January 1, 19571 yr, 36 days · 10 def.
Every belt game

20 games, newest first

November 17, 1962 · Tennessee vs. Ole Miss 6–19 as challengerlostNovember 12, 1960 · Tennessee vs. Ole Miss 3–24 as challengerlostNovember 14, 1959 · Tennessee at Ole Miss 7–37 as holderlost the beltNovember 7, 1959 · Tennessee vs. LSU 14–13 as challengertook the beltNovember 16, 1957 · Tennessee at Ole Miss 7–14 as holderlost the beltNovember 9, 1957 · Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech 21–6 as holderdefendedNovember 2, 1957 · Tennessee at North Carolina 35–0 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1957 · Tennessee at Maryland 16–0 as challengertook the beltJanuary 1, 1957 · Tennessee vs. Baylor 7–13 as holderlost the beltDecember 1, 1956 · Tennessee at Vanderbilt 27–7 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1956 · Tennessee vs. Kentucky 20–7 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1956 · Tennessee vs. Ole Miss 27–7 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1956 · Tennessee at Georgia Tech 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1956 · Tennessee vs. North Carolina 20–0 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1956 · Tennessee vs. Maryland 34–7 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1956 · Tennessee vs. Alabama 24–0 as holderdefendedOctober 13, 1956 · Tennessee vs. Chattanooga 42–20 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1956 · Tennessee at Duke 33–20 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 1956 · Tennessee at Auburn 35–7 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1955 · Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt 20–14 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.