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Head coach · Brown · belt games 1898–1918
Edward Robinson
14Days with the belt
2Reigns started
0–2Defending it
2–9–1Challenging for it
Coached Brown (1898–1918) in seasons with a belt game. 14 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 12 trying to take it.
Edward Robinson was on a sideline for 14 belt games between 1898 and 1918, at Brown. He took the belt twice and held it for 14 days across two reigns.
The first came on November 18, 1916, Brown 21–0 over Harvard.
His longest reign ran 7 days with Brown, beginning November 18, 1916, and ended at the first challenge.
The belt changed hands under him twice, last when Syracuse won 6–0 on November 3, 1917.
He also coached nine games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 6–5 to Harvard on November 2, 1907.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
14 games, newest first
November 10, 1918 · Brown at Syracuse 0–53 as challengerlostNovember 3, 1917 · Brown vs. Syracuse 0–6 as holderlost the beltOctober 27, 1917 · Brown vs. Colgate 7–6 as challengertook the beltNovember 25, 1916 · Brown vs. Colgate 0–28 as holderlost the beltNovember 18, 1916 · Brown at Harvard 21–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 14, 1914 · Brown vs. Harvard 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 15, 1913 · Brown at Harvard 0–37 as challengerlostOctober 28, 1911 · Brown at Harvard 6–20 as challengerlostNovember 2, 1907 · Brown at Harvard 5–6 as challengerlostOctober 21, 1905 · Brown at Pennsylvania 6–8 as challengerlostNovember 17, 1900 · Brown at Harvard 6–11 as challengerlostOctober 21, 1899 · Brown at Harvard 0–11 as challengerlostNovember 12, 1898 · Brown at Harvard 6–17 as challengerlostOctober 8, 1898 · Brown at Pennsylvania 0–18 as challengerlost
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.