LAFA
Head coach · Lafayette · belt games 1895–1897
Parke Davis
364Days with the belt
1Reign started
11–1–1Defending it
1–1Challenging for it
Coached Lafayette (1895–1897) in seasons with a belt game. 15 belt games in all: 13 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.
Parke Davis was on a sideline for 15 belt games between 1895 and 1897, at Lafayette. He took the belt once and held it for 364 days across one reign.
He won it on October 24, 1896, Lafayette 6–4 over Pennsylvania.
His longest reign ran 364 days with Lafayette, beginning October 24, 1896, and was defended twelve times along the way.
Across his career he coached eleven successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Pennsylvania won 46–0 on October 23, 1897.
He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 30–0 to Pennsylvania on October 26, 1895.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
15 games, newest first
October 23, 1897 · Lafayette at Pennsylvania 0–46 as holderlost the beltOctober 16, 1897 · Lafayette at Cornell 4–4 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 9, 1897 · Lafayette vs. Temperance A.C. 64–0 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1897 · Lafayette at Franklin & Marshall 8–0 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1897 · Lafayette vs. Penn State 24–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1897 · Lafayette at Wyoming Seminary 26–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1897 · Lafayette at Bloomsburg 14–0 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1896 · Lafayette at Navy 18–6 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1896 · Lafayette vs. Wesleyan (CT) 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1896 · Lafayette vs. Franklin & Marshall 38–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1896 · Lafayette at Wyoming Seminary 23–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1896 · Lafayette at Bloomsburg 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1896 · Lafayette vs. Dickinson 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1896 · Lafayette at Pennsylvania 6–4 as challengertook the beltOctober 26, 1895 · Lafayette at Pennsylvania 0–30 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.