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Head coach · Michigan · belt games 1914–1921

Fielding Yost

343Days with the belt
1Reign started
4–1Defending it
1–3–1Challenging for it

Coached Michigan (1914–1921) in seasons with a belt game. 10 belt games in all: 5 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.

Fielding Yost was on a sideline for 10 belt games between 1914 and 1921, at Michigan. He took the belt once and held it for 343 days across one reign.

He won it on November 16, 1918, Michigan 15–0 over Syracuse.

His longest reign ran 343 days with Michigan, beginning November 16, 1918, and was defended four times along the way.

Across his career he coached four successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Ohio State won 13–3 on October 25, 1919.

He also coached three games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 7–6 to Illinois on October 23, 1920.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Michigan · November 16, 1918 – October 25, 1919343 days · 4 def.
Every belt game

10 games, newest first

November 12, 1921 · Michigan vs. Wisconsin 7–7 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 23, 1920 · Michigan vs. Illinois 6–7 as challengerlostOctober 25, 1919 · Michigan vs. Ohio State 3–13 as holderlost the beltOctober 18, 1919 · Michigan vs. Michigan State 26–0 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1919 · Michigan vs. Case 34–0 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1918 · Michigan vs. Ohio State 14–0 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1918 · Michigan vs. Michigan State 21–6 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1918 · Michigan vs. Syracuse 15–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 6, 1915 · Michigan vs. Cornell 7–34 as challengerlostOctober 31, 1914 · Michigan at Harvard 0–7 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.