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Head coach · Mississippi State · belt games 1987–1989

Rockey Felker

14Days with the belt
1Reign started
0–1Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached Mississippi State (1987–1989) in seasons with a belt game. 3 belt games in all: 1 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Rockey Felker was on a sideline for 3 belt games between 1987 and 1989, at Mississippi State. He took the belt once and held it for 14 days across one reign.

He won it on September 9, 1989, Mississippi State 26–23 over Southern Miss.

His longest reign ran 14 days with Mississippi State, beginning September 9, 1989, and ended at the first challenge.

The belt changed hands under him once, when Georgia won 23–6 on September 23, 1989.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 38–3 to Florida on September 26, 1987.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

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.