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Head coach · Syracuse · belt games 1923–1924

Chick Meehan

350Days with the belt
1Reign started
5–1–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Syracuse (1923–1924) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 7 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Chick Meehan was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 1923 and 1924, at Syracuse. He took the belt once and held it for 350 days across one reign.

He won it on November 24, 1923, Syracuse 7–0 over Nebraska.

His longest reign ran 350 days with Syracuse, beginning November 24, 1923, 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 West Virginia Wesleyan won 7–3 on November 8, 1924.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Syracuse · November 24, 1923 – November 8, 1924350 days · 6 def.
Every belt game

8 games, newest first

November 8, 1924 · Syracuse vs. West Virginia Wesleyan 3–7 as holderlost the beltNovember 1, 1924 · Syracuse at Pittsburgh 7–7 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 25, 1924 · Syracuse at Penn State 10–6 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1924 · Syracuse vs. Boston College 10–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1924 · Syracuse vs. William & Mary 24–7 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1924 · Syracuse vs. Mercer 26–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1924 · Syracuse vs. Hobart 35–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1923 · Syracuse at Nebraska 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.