Head coach · UCLA · belt games 1975–1976

Dick Vermeil

338Days with the belt

2Reigns started

0–1–1Defending it

2–0Challenging for it

Coached UCLA (1975) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Dick Vermeil was on a sideline for 4 belt games between 1975 and 1976, at UCLA. He took the belt twice and held it for 338 days across two reigns.

The first came on September 20, 1975, UCLA 34–28 over Tennessee.

His longest reign ran 324 days with UCLA, beginning January 1, 1976, and was defended ten times along the way.

The belt changed hands under him once, when Ohio State won 41–20 on October 4, 1975.

Reigns

Started under this coach

UCLA · January 1, 1976 – November 20, 1976324 days · 10 def.UCLA · September 20, 1975 – October 4, 197514 days · 1 def.

Every belt game

4 games, newest first

January 1, 1976 · UCLA vs. Ohio State 23–10 as challengertook the belt October 4, 1975 · UCLA vs. Ohio State 20–41 as holderlost the belt September 27, 1975 · UCLA vs. Air Force 20–20 as holdertie, holder kept it September 20, 1975 · UCLA vs. Tennessee 34–28 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.