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Head coach · Stanford · belt games 1933–1934

Tiny Thornhill

51Days with the belt
1Reign started
2–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Stanford (1933) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 3 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Tiny Thornhill was on a sideline for 4 belt games between 1933 and 1934, at Stanford. He took the belt once and held it for 51 days across one reign.

He won it on November 11, 1933, Stanford 13–7 over USC.

His longest reign ran 51 days with Stanford, beginning November 11, 1933, and was defended twice along the way.

Across his career he coached two successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Columbia won 7–0 on January 1, 1934.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Stanford · November 11, 1933 – January 1, 193451 days · 2 def.
Every belt game

4 games, newest first

January 1, 1934 · Stanford vs. Columbia 0–7 as holderlost the beltNovember 25, 1933 · Stanford vs. California 7–3 as holderdefendedNovember 18, 1933 · Stanford vs. Montana 33–7 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1933 · Stanford at USC 13–7 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.