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Head coach · Iowa · belt games 1981–1996

Hayden Fry

42Days with the belt
2Reigns started
4–2Defending it
2–0Challenging for it

Coached Iowa (1981–1996) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 6 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Hayden Fry was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 1981 and 1996, at Iowa. He took the belt twice and held it for 42 days across two reigns.

The first came on September 26, 1981, Iowa 20–7 over UCLA.

His longest reign ran 28 days with Iowa, beginning September 26, 1981, and was defended three times along the way.

Across his career he coached four successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him twice, last when Tulsa won 27–20 on September 21, 1996.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Iowa · September 7, 1996 – September 21, 199614 days · 1 def.Iowa · September 26, 1981 – October 24, 198128 days · 3 def.
Every belt game

8 games, newest first

September 21, 1996 · Iowa at Tulsa 20–27 as holderlost the beltSeptember 14, 1996 · Iowa vs. Iowa State 38–13 as holderdefendedSeptember 7, 1996 · Iowa vs. Arizona 21–20 as challengertook the beltOctober 24, 1981 · Iowa vs. Minnesota 10–12 as holderlost the beltOctober 17, 1981 · Iowa at Michigan 9–7 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1981 · Iowa vs. Indiana 42–28 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1981 · Iowa at Northwestern 64–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1981 · Iowa vs. UCLA 20–7 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.