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Head coach · Ole Miss · belt games 1956–1967
John Vaught
1,530Days with the belt
4Reigns started
38–4–5Defending it
4–2Challenging for it
Coached Ole Miss (1956–1967) in seasons with a belt game. 53 belt games in all: 47 with the belt in hand, 6 trying to take it.
John Vaught was on a sideline for 53 belt games between 1956 and 1967, at Ole Miss. He took the belt four times and held it for 1,530 days across four reigns, the second-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on November 16, 1957, Ole Miss 14–7 over Tennessee. The most lopsided was 37–7 over Tennessee in 1959.
His longest reign ran 721 days with Ole Miss, beginning November 14, 1959, and was defended 19 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 38 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him four times, last when Tennessee won 20–7 on November 18, 1967.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 7–3 to LSU on October 31, 1959.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Ole Miss · October 14, 1967 – November 18, 196735 days · 3 def.Ole Miss · November 3, 1962 – January 1, 19641 yr, 59 days · 13 def.Ole Miss · November 14, 1959 – November 4, 19611 yr, 355 days · 19 def.Ole Miss · November 16, 1957 – November 1, 1958350 days · 8 def.
Every belt game
53 games, newest first
November 18, 1967 · Ole Miss at Tennessee 7–20 as holderlost the beltNovember 4, 1967 · Ole Miss at LSU 13–13 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 28, 1967 · Ole Miss vs. Houston 14–13 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1967 · Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss 23–14 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1967 · Ole Miss vs. Georgia 29–20 as challengertook the beltJanuary 1, 1964 · Ole Miss vs. Alabama 7–12 as holderlost the beltNovember 30, 1963 · Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State 10–10 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 16, 1963 · Ole Miss vs. Tennessee 20–0 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1963 · Ole Miss vs. Tampa 41–0 as holderdefendedNovember 2, 1963 · Ole Miss at LSU 37–3 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1963 · Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt 27–7 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1963 · Ole Miss at Tulane 21–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1963 · Ole Miss at Houston 20–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1963 · Ole Miss at Kentucky 31–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 21, 1963 · Ole Miss vs. Memphis 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itJanuary 1, 1963 · Ole Miss vs. Arkansas 17–13 as holderdefendedDecember 1, 1962 · Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State 13–6 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1962 · Ole Miss at Tennessee 19–6 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1962 · Ole Miss vs. Chattanooga 52–7 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1962 · Ole Miss at LSU 15–7 as challengertook the beltNovember 4, 1961 · Ole Miss at LSU 7–10 as holderlost the beltOctober 28, 1961 · Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt 47–0 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1961 · Ole Miss vs. Tulane 41–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1961 · Ole Miss vs. Houston 47–7 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1961 · Ole Miss vs. Florida State 33–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1961 · Ole Miss at Kentucky 20–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 23, 1961 · Ole Miss vs. Arkansas 16–0 as holderdefendedJanuary 2, 1961 · Ole Miss vs. Rice 14–6 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1960 · Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State 35–9 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1960 · Ole Miss at Tennessee 24–3 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1960 · Ole Miss vs. Chattanooga 45–0 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1960 · Ole Miss at LSU 6–6 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 22, 1960 · Ole Miss at Arkansas 10–7 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1960 · Ole Miss at Tulane 26–13 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1960 · Ole Miss at Vanderbilt 26–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1960 · Ole Miss at Memphis 31–20 as holderdefendedSeptember 24, 1960 · Ole Miss vs. Kentucky 21–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 17, 1960 · Ole Miss at Houston 42–0 as holderdefendedJanuary 1, 1960 · Ole Miss vs. LSU 21–0 as holderdefendedNovember 28, 1959 · Ole Miss at Mississippi State 42–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1959 · Ole Miss vs. Tennessee 37–7 as challengertook the beltOctober 31, 1959 · Ole Miss at LSU 3–7 as challengerlostNovember 1, 1958 · Ole Miss at LSU 0–14 as holderlost the beltOctober 25, 1958 · Ole Miss at Arkansas 14–12 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1958 · Ole Miss vs. Hardin Simmons 24–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1958 · Ole Miss at Tulane 19–8 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1958 · Ole Miss at Trinity (Texas) 21–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1958 · Ole Miss vs. Kentucky 27–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 20, 1958 · Ole Miss at Memphis 17–0 as holderdefendedJanuary 1, 1958 · Ole Miss vs. Texas 39–7 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1957 · Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State 7–7 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 16, 1957 · Ole Miss vs. Tennessee 14–7 as challengertook the beltNovember 17, 1956 · Ole Miss at Tennessee 7–27 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.