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Head coach · Notre Dame · belt games 1923–1926

Knute Rockne

63Days with the belt
2Reigns started
7–2Defending it
2–0Challenging for it

Coached Notre Dame (1923–1926) in seasons with a belt game. 11 belt games in all: 9 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Knute Rockne was on a sideline for 11 belt games between 1923 and 1926, at Notre Dame. He took the belt twice and held it for 63 days across two reigns.

The first came on October 20, 1923, Notre Dame 25–2 over Princeton. The most lopsided was 28–0 over Penn State in 1926.

His longest reign ran 42 days with Notre Dame, beginning October 16, 1926, and was defended five times along the way.

Across his career he coached seven successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him twice, last when Carnegie Mellon won 19–0 on November 27, 1926.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Notre Dame · October 16, 1926 – November 27, 192642 days · 5 def.Notre Dame · October 20, 1923 – November 10, 192321 days · 2 def.
Every belt game

11 games, newest first

November 27, 1926 · Notre Dame at Carnegie Mellon 0–19 as holderlost the beltNovember 20, 1926 · Notre Dame vs. Drake 21–0 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 1926 · Notre Dame at Army 7–0 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1926 · Notre Dame vs. Indiana 26–0 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1926 · Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1926 · Notre Dame at Northwestern 6–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1926 · Notre Dame vs. Penn State 28–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 10, 1923 · Notre Dame at Nebraska 7–14 as holderlost the beltNovember 3, 1923 · Notre Dame vs. Purdue 34–7 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1923 · Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech 35–7 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1923 · Notre Dame at Princeton 25–2 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.