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Head coach · Nebraska · belt games 1923–1923

Fred Dawson

14Days with the belt
1Reign started
1–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Nebraska (1923) in seasons with a belt game. 3 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Fred Dawson was on a sideline for 3 belt games in 1923, at Nebraska. He took the belt once and held it for 14 days across one reign.

He won it on November 10, 1923, Nebraska 14–7 over Notre Dame.

His longest reign ran 14 days with Nebraska, beginning November 10, 1923, and was defended once along the way.

Across his career he coached one successful defense, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Syracuse won 7–0 on November 24, 1923.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

3 games, newest first

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.