PENN
Head coach · Pennsylvania and 1 more · belt games 1892–1905
George Woodruff
1,092Days with the belt
2Reigns started
39–2Defending it
2–5Challenging for it
Coached Pennsylvania (1892–1900) and Carlisle (1905) in seasons with a belt game. 48 belt games in all: 41 with the belt in hand, 7 trying to take it.
George Woodruff was on a sideline for 48 belt games between 1892 and 1905, at Pennsylvania and Carlisle. He took the belt twice and held it for 1,092 days across two reigns, the fifth-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on November 10, 1894, Pennsylvania 12–0 over Princeton. The most lopsided was 46–0 over Lafayette in 1897.
His longest reign ran 714 days with Pennsylvania, beginning November 10, 1894, and was defended 24 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 39 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him twice, last when Harvard won 10–0 on November 5, 1898.
He also coached five games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 6–0 to Pennsylvania on October 28, 1905.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
48 games, newest first
October 28, 1905 · Carlisle at Pennsylvania 0–6 as challengerlostNovember 3, 1900 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 5–17 as challengerlostNovember 4, 1899 · Pennsylvania vs. Harvard 0–16 as challengerlostNovember 5, 1898 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 0–10 as holderlost the beltOctober 29, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Chicago 23–11 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 32–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Wesleyan (CT) 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Virginia 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Brown 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Mansfield 50–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Penn State 40–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Gettysburg 50–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 24, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Franklin & Marshall 41–0 as holderdefendedNovember 25, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 4–0 as holderdefendedNovember 20, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Harvard 15–6 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Wesleyan (CT) 22–0 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Carlisle 20–10 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1897 · Pennsylvania at Brown 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 46–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 24, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 4–6 as holderlost the beltOctober 21, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Amherst 14–0 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh 34–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Virginia 20–0 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Dartmouth 16–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1896 · Pennsylvania at Navy 8–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Bucknell 40–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Gettysburg 32–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1896 · Pennsylvania at Franklin & Marshall 24–0 as holderdefendedNovember 28, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 46–2 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1895 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 17–14 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Penn State 35–4 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Chicago A.C. 12–4 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Brown 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1895 · Pennsylvania at Duquesne A.C. 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Virginia 54–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Carlisle 36–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh 54–0 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1895 · Pennsylvania at Crescent A.C. 32–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Franklin & Marshall 42–0 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Bucknell 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore 40–0 as holderdefendedNovember 29, 1894 · Pennsylvania vs. Harvard 18–4 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1894 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1894 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 12–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 11, 1893 · Pennsylvania at Yale 6–14 as challengerlostNovember 12, 1892 · Pennsylvania at Yale 0–28 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.