USC
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.
Howard Jones was on a sideline for 26 belt games between 1908 and 1940, at Syracuse, Yale, Iowa, and USC. He took the belt three times and held it for 1,013 days across three reigns, the eighth-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on November 20, 1909, Yale 8–0 over Harvard. The most lopsided was 14–0 over Tennessee in 1940.
His longest reign ran 385 days with USC, beginning October 22, 1932, and was defended twelve times along the way.
Across his career he coached 13 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him twice, last when Stanford won 21–7 on October 26, 1940.
He also coached four games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 13–7 to Saint Mary's (CA) on September 26, 1931.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
26 games, newest first
October 26, 1940 · USC at Stanford 7–21 as holderlost the beltOctober 19, 1940 · USC vs. Oregon 13–0 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1940 · USC at Illinois 13–7 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1940 · USC at Oregon State 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itSeptember 28, 1940 · USC at Washington State 14–14 as holdertie, holder kept itJanuary 1, 1940 · USC vs. Tennessee 14–0 as challengertook the beltDecember 5, 1936 · USC at Notre Dame 13–13 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 11, 1933 · USC vs. Stanford 7–13 as holderlost the beltOctober 28, 1933 · USC at California 6–3 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1933 · USC vs. Oregon State 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 14, 1933 · USC vs. Saint Mary's (CA) 14–7 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1933 · USC vs. Washington State 33–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1933 · USC vs. Loyola Marymount 18–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 23, 1933 · USC vs. Whittier 51–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 22, 1933 · USC vs. Occidental 39–0 as holderdefendedJanuary 2, 1933 · USC vs. Pittsburgh 35–0 as holderdefendedDecember 10, 1932 · USC vs. Notre Dame 13–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1932 · USC at Washington 9–6 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1932 · USC vs. Oregon 33–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1932 · USC vs. California 27–7 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1932 · USC at Stanford 13–0 as challengertook the beltSeptember 26, 1931 · USC vs. Saint Mary's (CA) 7–13 as challengerlostOctober 16, 1920 · Iowa at Illinois 3–20 as challengerlostNovember 22, 1913 · Yale at Harvard 5–15 as challengerlostNovember 20, 1909 · Yale at Harvard 8–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 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.