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Head coach · Princeton · belt games 1951–1952

Charles Caldwell

371Days with the belt
1Reign started
9–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Princeton (1951–1952) in seasons with a belt game. 11 belt games in all: 10 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Charles Caldwell was on a sideline for 11 belt games between 1951 and 1952, at Princeton. He took the belt once and held it for 371 days across one reign.

He won it on October 6, 1951, Princeton 24–20 over Navy.

His longest reign ran 371 days with Princeton, beginning October 6, 1951, and was defended nine times along the way.

Across his career he coached nine successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Pennsylvania won 13–7 on October 11, 1952.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Princeton · October 6, 1951 – October 11, 19521 yr, 5 days · 9 def.
Every belt game

11 games, newest first

October 11, 1952 · Princeton vs. Pennsylvania 7–13 as holderlost the beltOctober 4, 1952 · Princeton vs. Rutgers 61–19 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1952 · Princeton at Columbia 14–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1951 · Princeton vs. Dartmouth 13–0 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1951 · Princeton vs. Yale 27–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1951 · Princeton at Harvard 54–13 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1951 · Princeton vs. Brown 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1951 · Princeton vs. Cornell 53–15 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1951 · Princeton vs. Lafayette 60–7 as holderdefendedOctober 13, 1951 · Princeton at Pennsylvania 13–7 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1951 · Princeton at Navy 24–20 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.