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Head coach · Northwestern · belt games 1935–1936

Pappy Waldorf

378Days with the belt
1Reign started
8–1–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Northwestern (1935–1936) in seasons with a belt game. 11 belt games in all: 10 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Pappy Waldorf was on a sideline for 11 belt games between 1935 and 1936, at Northwestern. He took the belt once and held it for 378 days across one reign.

He won it on November 9, 1935, Northwestern 14–7 over Notre Dame.

His longest reign ran 378 days with Northwestern, beginning November 9, 1935, and was defended nine times along the way.

Across his career he coached eight successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Notre Dame won 26–6 on November 21, 1936.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Northwestern · November 9, 1935 – November 21, 19361 yr, 12 days · 9 def.
Every belt game

11 games, newest first

November 21, 1936 · Northwestern at Notre Dame 6–26 as holderlost the beltNovember 14, 1936 · Northwestern at Michigan 9–0 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Wisconsin 26–18 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Minnesota 6–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1936 · Northwestern at Illinois 13–2 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Ohio State 14–13 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1936 · Northwestern vs. North Dakota State 40–7 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Iowa 18–7 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1935 · Northwestern at Iowa 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 16, 1935 · Northwestern vs. Wisconsin 32–13 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1935 · Northwestern at Notre Dame 14–7 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.