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Head coach · Harvard · belt games 1908–1916
Percy Haughton
1,855Days with the belt
4Reigns started
42–4–3Defending it
4–0Challenging for it
Coached Harvard (1908–1916) in seasons with a belt game. 53 belt games in all: 49 with the belt in hand, 4 trying to take it.
Percy Haughton was on a sideline for 53 belt games between 1908 and 1916, at Harvard. He took the belt four times and held it for 1,855 days across four reigns, the most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on November 7, 1908, Harvard 17–0 over Carlisle. The most lopsided was 23–0 over Cornell in 1916.
His longest reign ran 1,085 days with Harvard, beginning November 2, 1912, and was defended 25 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 42 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him four times, last when Brown won 21–0 on November 18, 1916.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Harvard · October 28, 1916 – November 18, 191621 days · 2 def.Harvard · November 2, 1912 – October 23, 19152 yrs, 355 days · 25 def.Harvard · October 29, 1910 – November 4, 19111 yr, 6 days · 8 def.Harvard · November 7, 1908 – November 20, 19091 yr, 13 days · 10 def.
Every belt game
53 games, newest first
November 18, 1916 · Harvard vs. Brown 0–21 as holderlost the beltNovember 11, 1916 · Harvard vs. Princeton 3–0 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1916 · Harvard vs. Virginia 51–0 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1916 · Harvard vs. Cornell 23–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 23, 1915 · Harvard vs. Cornell 0–10 as holderlost the beltOctober 16, 1915 · Harvard vs. Virginia 9–0 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1915 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 29–7 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1915 · Harvard vs. Massachusetts 7–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 25, 1915 · Harvard vs. Colby 39–6 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1914 · Harvard at Yale 36–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1914 · Harvard at Brown 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 7, 1914 · Harvard vs. Princeton 20–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1914 · Harvard vs. Michigan 7–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1914 · Harvard at Penn State 13–13 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 17, 1914 · Harvard vs. Tufts 13–6 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1914 · Harvard vs. Washington & Jefferson 10–9 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1914 · Harvard vs. Springfield 44–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1914 · Harvard vs. Bates 44–0 as holderdefendedNovember 22, 1913 · Harvard vs. Yale 15–5 as holderdefendedNovember 15, 1913 · Harvard vs. Brown 37–0 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1913 · Harvard at Princeton 3–0 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1913 · Harvard vs. Cornell 23–6 as holderdefendedOctober 25, 1913 · Harvard vs. Penn State 29–0 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1913 · Harvard vs. Holy Cross 47–7 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1913 · Harvard vs. Williams 23–3 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1913 · Harvard vs. Bates 14–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1913 · Harvard vs. Maine 34–0 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1912 · Harvard at Yale 20–0 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1912 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 3–0 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1912 · Harvard vs. Vanderbilt 9–3 as holderdefendedNovember 2, 1912 · Harvard vs. Princeton 16–6 as challengertook the beltNovember 4, 1911 · Harvard at Princeton 6–8 as holderlost the beltOctober 28, 1911 · Harvard vs. Brown 20–6 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1911 · Harvard vs. Amherst 11–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1911 · Harvard vs. Williams 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1911 · Harvard vs. Holy Cross 8–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1911 · Harvard vs. Bates 15–0 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 1910 · Harvard vs. Yale 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 12, 1910 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1910 · Harvard vs. Cornell 27–5 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1910 · Harvard at Army 6–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 20, 1909 · Harvard vs. Yale 0–8 as holderlost the beltNovember 13, 1909 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 12–3 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1909 · Harvard vs. Cornell 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1909 · Harvard at Army 9–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1909 · Harvard vs. Brown 11–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1909 · Harvard vs. Maine 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1909 · Harvard vs. Williams 8–6 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1909 · Harvard vs. Bowdoin 17–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 25, 1909 · Harvard vs. Bates 11–0 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1908 · Harvard at Yale 4–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1908 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 1908 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 17–0 as challengertook the belt
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