Belt / Coaches / Howard Jones

Head coach · USC and 3 more · belt games 1908–1940

Howard Jones

1,013Days with the belt

3Reigns started

13–2–3Defending it

3–4–1Challenging for it

Coached Syracuse (1908), Yale (1909–1913), Iowa (1920), and USC (1931–1940) in seasons with a belt game. 26 belt games in all: 18 with the belt in hand, 8 trying to take it.

Reigns

Started under this coach

USC · January 1, 1940 – October 26, 1940299 days · 4 def.USC · October 22, 1932 – November 11, 19331 yr, 20 days · 12 def.Yale · November 20, 1909 – October 15, 1910329 days · 4 def.

Every belt game

26 games, newest first

October 26, 1940 · USC at Stanford 7–21 as holderlost the belt October 19, 1940 · USC vs. Oregon 13–0 as holderdefended October 12, 1940 · USC at Illinois 13–7 as holderdefended October 5, 1940 · USC at Oregon State 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept it September 28, 1940 · USC at Washington State 14–14 as holdertie, holder kept it January 1, 1940 · USC vs. Tennessee 14–0 as challengertook the belt December 5, 1936 · USC at Notre Dame 13–13 as challengertie, holder kept it November 11, 1933 · USC vs. Stanford 7–13 as holderlost the belt October 28, 1933 · USC at California 6–3 as holderdefended October 21, 1933 · USC vs. Oregon State 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept it October 14, 1933 · USC vs. Saint Mary's (CA) 14–7 as holderdefended October 7, 1933 · USC vs. Washington State 33–0 as holderdefended September 30, 1933 · USC vs. Loyola Marymount 18–0 as holderdefended September 23, 1933 · USC vs. Whittier 51–0 as holderdefended September 22, 1933 · USC vs. Occidental 39–0 as holderdefended January 2, 1933 · USC vs. Pittsburgh 35–0 as holderdefended December 10, 1932 · USC vs. Notre Dame 13–0 as holderdefended November 24, 1932 · USC at Washington 9–6 as holderdefended November 12, 1932 · USC vs. Oregon 33–0 as holderdefended November 5, 1932 · USC vs. California 27–7 as holderdefended October 22, 1932 · USC at Stanford 13–0 as challengertook the belt September 26, 1931 · USC vs. Saint Mary's (CA) 7–13 as challengerlost October 16, 1920 · Iowa at Illinois 3–20 as challengerlost November 22, 1913 · Yale at Harvard 5–15 as challengerlost November 20, 1909 · Yale at Harvard 8–0 as challengertook the belt October 10, 1908 · Syracuse vs. Carlisle 0–12 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.