ARMY
Head coach · Army · belt games 1945–1950
Red Blaik
1,463Days with the belt
2Reigns started
32–2–3Defending it
2–0Challenging for it
Coached Army (1945–1950) in seasons with a belt game. 39 belt games in all: 37 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.
Red Blaik was on a sideline for 39 belt games between 1945 and 1950, at Army. He took the belt twice and held it for 1,463 days across two reigns, the third-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on December 1, 1945, Army 32–13 over Navy. The most lopsided was 27–6 over Cornell in 1948.
His longest reign ran 770 days with Army, beginning October 23, 1948, and was defended 21 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 32 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him twice, last when Navy won 14–2 on December 2, 1950.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
39 games, newest first
December 2, 1950 · Army at Navy 2–14 as holderlost the beltNovember 18, 1950 · Army at Stanford 7–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1950 · Army vs. New Mexico 51–0 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1950 · Army at Pennsylvania 28–13 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1950 · Army at Columbia 34–0 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1950 · Army at Harvard 49–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1950 · Army vs. Michigan 27–6 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1950 · Army vs. Penn State 41–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1950 · Army vs. Colgate 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1949 · Army vs. Navy 38–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1949 · Army at Pennsylvania 14–13 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1949 · Army vs. Fordham 35–0 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1949 · Army vs. VMI 40–14 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1949 · Army vs. Columbia 63–6 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1949 · Army at Harvard 54–14 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1949 · Army at Michigan 21–7 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1949 · Army vs. Penn State 42–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 24, 1949 · Army vs. Davidson 47–7 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 1948 · Army at Navy 21–21 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 13, 1948 · Army at Pennsylvania 26–20 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1948 · Army vs. Stanford 43–0 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1948 · Army vs. Virginia Tech 49–7 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1948 · Army at Cornell 27–6 as challengertook the beltOctober 25, 1947 · Army at Columbia 20–21 as holderlost the beltOctober 18, 1947 · Army vs. Virginia Tech 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1947 · Army at Illinois 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 4, 1947 · Army vs. Colorado 47–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1947 · Army vs. Villanova 13–0 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1946 · Army vs. Navy 21–18 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1946 · Army at Pennsylvania 34–7 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1946 · Army at Notre Dame 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 2, 1946 · Army vs. West Virginia 19–0 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1946 · Army vs. Duke 19–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1946 · Army vs. Columbia 48–14 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1946 · Army at Michigan 20–13 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1946 · Army vs. Cornell 46–21 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1946 · Army vs. Oklahoma 21–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 21, 1946 · Army vs. Villanova 35–0 as holderdefendedDecember 1, 1945 · Army vs. Navy 32–13 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.