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Head coach · Swarthmore and 1 more · belt games 1904–1915

George Brooke

371Days with the belt
2Reigns started
5–2Defending it
2–1Challenging for it

Coached Swarthmore (1904–1906) and Pennsylvania (1915) in seasons with a belt game. 10 belt games in all: 7 with the belt in hand, 3 trying to take it.

George Brooke was on a sideline for 10 belt games between 1904 and 1915, at Swarthmore and Pennsylvania. He took the belt twice and held it for 371 days across two reigns.

The first came on October 29, 1904, Swarthmore 9–0 over Navy.

His longest reign ran 343 days with Swarthmore, beginning October 29, 1904, and was defended twice along the way.

Across his career he coached five successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him twice, last when Navy won 5–4 on November 10, 1906.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 24–9 to Cornell on November 25, 1915.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Swarthmore · October 13, 1906 – November 10, 190628 days · 3 def.Swarthmore · October 29, 1904 – October 7, 1905343 days · 2 def.
Every belt game

10 games, newest first

November 25, 1915 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 9–24 as challengerlostNovember 10, 1906 · Swarthmore at Navy 4–5 as holderlost the beltNovember 3, 1906 · Swarthmore vs. Amherst 21–0 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1906 · Swarthmore vs. Gettysburg 19–4 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1906 · Swarthmore vs. George Washington 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 13, 1906 · Swarthmore at Pennsylvania 4–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 7, 1905 · Swarthmore at Pennsylvania 4–11 as holderlost the beltNovember 19, 1904 · Swarthmore vs. Haverford 27–6 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1904 · Swarthmore vs. Franklin & Marshall 69–0 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1904 · Swarthmore at Navy 9–0 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.