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Head coach · Carlisle and 3 more · belt games 1897–1937
Pop Warner
385Days with the belt
3Reigns started
8–3–2Defending it
3–5–1Challenging for it
Coached Cornell (1897–1905), Carlisle (1899–1908), Stanford (1932), and Temple (1937) in seasons with a belt game. 22 belt games in all: 13 with the belt in hand, 9 trying to take it.
Pop Warner was on a sideline for 22 belt games between 1897 and 1937, at Cornell, Carlisle, Stanford, and Temple. He took the belt three times and held it for 385 days across three reigns.
The first came on November 9, 1907, Carlisle 23–15 over Harvard. The most lopsided was 26–0 over West Coast Army in 1932.
His longest reign ran 364 days with Carlisle, beginning November 9, 1907, and was defended nine times along the way.
Across his career he coached eight successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him three times, last when Michigan State won 13–6 on November 6, 1937.
He also coached five games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 6–5 to Pennsylvania on November 30, 1905.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
22 games, newest first
November 6, 1937 · Temple vs. Michigan State 6–13 as holderlost the beltOctober 30, 1937 · Temple vs. Holy Cross 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 23, 1937 · Temple at Carnegie Mellon 7–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 22, 1932 · Stanford vs. USC 0–13 as holderlost the beltOctober 15, 1932 · Stanford vs. West Coast Army 26–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 7, 1908 · Carlisle at Harvard 0–17 as holderlost the beltOctober 31, 1908 · Carlisle at Navy 16–6 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1908 · Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania 6–6 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 10, 1908 · Carlisle at Syracuse 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1908 · Carlisle vs. Penn State 12–5 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1908 · Carlisle vs. Villanova 10–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 23, 1908 · Carlisle vs. Lebanon Valley 39–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 19, 1908 · Carlisle vs. Conway Hall 53–0 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1907 · Carlisle at Chicago 18–4 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1907 · Carlisle at Minnesota 12–10 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1907 · Carlisle at Harvard 23–15 as challengertook the beltNovember 30, 1905 · Cornell at Pennsylvania 5–6 as challengerlostNovember 1, 1902 · Carlisle at Harvard 0–23 as challengerlostOctober 27, 1900 · Carlisle at Harvard 5–17 as challengerlostOctober 28, 1899 · Carlisle at Harvard 10–22 as challengerlostNovember 25, 1897 · Cornell at Pennsylvania 0–4 as challengerlostOctober 16, 1897 · Cornell vs. Lafayette 4–4 as challengertie, holder kept it
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.