Head coach · Penn State · belt games 1950–1952
Rip Engle
Coached Penn State (1950–1952) in seasons with a belt game. 3 belt games in all: 1 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.
Rip Engle was on a sideline for 3 belt games between 1950 and 1952, at Penn State. He took the belt once and held it for 7 days across one reign.
He won it on November 1, 1952, Penn State 14–7 over Pennsylvania.
His longest reign ran 7 days with Penn State, beginning November 1, 1952, and ended at the first challenge.
The belt changed hands under him once, when Syracuse won 25–7 on November 8, 1952.
He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 41–7 to Army on October 7, 1950.
Started under this coach
3 games, newest first
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.