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Head coach · Nebraska · belt games 1978–1998

Tom Osborne

385Days with the belt
1Reign started
10–0Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached Nebraska (1978–1997) in seasons with a belt game. 12 belt games in all: 10 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Tom Osborne was on a sideline for 12 belt games between 1978 and 1998, at Nebraska. He took the belt once and held it for 385 days across one reign.

He won it on September 20, 1997, Nebraska 27–14 over Washington.

His longest reign ran 385 days with Nebraska, beginning September 20, 1997, and was defended 15 times along the way.

Across his career he coached ten successful defenses, and never lost the belt in a game he coached.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 20–3 to Alabama on September 2, 1978.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Nebraska · September 20, 1997 – October 10, 19981 yr, 20 days · 15 def.
Every belt game

12 games, newest first

January 2, 1998 · Nebraska vs. Tennessee 42–17 as holderdefendedDecember 6, 1997 · Nebraska vs. Texas A&M 54–15 as holderdefendedNovember 28, 1997 · Nebraska at Colorado 27–24 as holderdefendedNovember 15, 1997 · Nebraska vs. Iowa State 77–14 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1997 · Nebraska at Missouri 45–38 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1997 · Nebraska vs. Oklahoma 69–7 as holderdefendedOctober 25, 1997 · Nebraska at Kansas 35–0 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1997 · Nebraska vs. Texas Tech 29–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1997 · Nebraska at Baylor 49–21 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1997 · Nebraska vs. Kansas State 56–26 as holderdefendedSeptember 20, 1997 · Nebraska at Washington 27–14 as challengertook the beltSeptember 2, 1978 · Nebraska at Alabama 3–20 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.