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Head coach · Alabama and 1 more · belt games 1983–1992

Ray Perkins

301Days with the belt
1Reign started
7–1Defending it
1–2Challenging for it

Coached Alabama (1983–1986) and Arkansas State (1992) in seasons with a belt game. 11 belt games in all: 8 with the belt in hand, 3 trying to take it.

Ray Perkins was on a sideline for 11 belt games between 1983 and 1992, at Alabama and Arkansas State. He took the belt once and held it for 301 days across one reign.

He won it on December 28, 1985, Alabama 24–3 over USC.

His longest reign ran 301 days with Alabama, beginning December 28, 1985, and was defended seven times along the way.

Across his career he coached seven successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Penn State won 23–3 on October 25, 1986.

He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 23–20 to Auburn on December 3, 1983.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Alabama · December 28, 1985 – October 25, 1986301 days · 7 def.
Every belt game

11 games, newest first

September 12, 1992 · Arkansas State at Oklahoma 0–61 as challengerlostOctober 25, 1986 · Alabama vs. Penn State 3–23 as holderlost the beltOctober 18, 1986 · Alabama at Tennessee 56–28 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1986 · Alabama vs. Memphis 37–0 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1986 · Alabama vs. Notre Dame 28–10 as holderdefendedSeptember 20, 1986 · Alabama at Florida 21–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 13, 1986 · Alabama vs. Southern Miss 31–17 as holderdefendedSeptember 6, 1986 · Alabama vs. Vanderbilt 42–10 as holderdefendedAugust 27, 1986 · Alabama vs. Ohio State 16–10 as holderdefendedDecember 28, 1985 · Alabama vs. USC 24–3 as challengertook the beltDecember 3, 1983 · Alabama at Auburn 20–23 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.