Head coach · Yale · belt games 1888–1892
Walter Camp
1,099Days with the belt
1Reign started
55–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it
Coached Yale (1888–1892) in seasons with a belt game. 57 belt games in all: 56 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.
Walter Camp was on a sideline for 57 belt games between 1888 and 1892, at Yale. He took the belt once and held it for 1,099 days across one reign, the fourth-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
He won it on November 27, 1890, Yale 32–0 over Princeton.
His longest reign ran 1,099 days with Yale, beginning November 27, 1890, and was defended 36 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 55 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Princeton won 10–0 on November 28, 1889.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
57 games, newest first
November 24, 1892 · Yale vs. Princeton 12–0 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 1892 · Yale vs. Harvard 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1892 · Yale vs. Pennsylvania 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1892 · Yale at New York A.C. 48–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1892 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 72–0 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1892 · Yale vs. Tufts 44–0 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1892 · Yale at Springfield 50–0 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1892 · Yale vs. Orange A.C. 58–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1892 · Yale vs. Amherst 29–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1892 · Yale at Manhattan A.C. 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1892 · Yale vs. Williams 32–0 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1892 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1892 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1891 · Yale vs. Princeton 19–0 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1891 · Yale vs. Harvard 10–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1891 · Yale vs. Pennsylvania 48–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1891 · Yale vs. Amherst 27–0 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 1891 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 76–0 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1891 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 70–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1891 · Yale vs. Lehigh 38–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1891 · Yale vs. Orange A.C. 36–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1891 · Yale vs. Springfield 28–0 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1891 · Yale vs. Williams 46–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1891 · Yale at Trinity (CT) 36–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1891 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 26–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1891 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 1890 · Yale vs. Princeton 32–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 28, 1889 · Yale at Princeton 0–10 as holderlost the beltNovember 23, 1889 · Yale vs. Harvard 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 20, 1889 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1889 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 52–0 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 1889 · Yale at Williams 70–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1889 · Yale at Amherst 32–0 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1889 · Yale at Cornell 70–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1889 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 5–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1889 · Yale vs. Stevens 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1889 · Yale at Pennsylvania 20–10 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1889 · Yale at Columbia 62–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1889 · Yale at Trinity (CT) 64–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1889 · Yale vs. Amherst 42–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1889 · Yale vs. Cornell 56–6 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1889 · Yale at Wesleyan (CT) 63–5 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1889 · Yale vs. Williams 36–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1889 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 38–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1888 · Yale vs. Princeton 10–0 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1888 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 105–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1888 · Yale vs. Amherst 70–0 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1888 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1888 · Yale vs. Pennsylvania 54–0 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1888 · Yale vs. Stevens 69–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1888 · Yale vs. MIT 68–0 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1888 · Yale at Williams 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1888 · Yale at Amherst 39–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1888 · Yale at Wesleyan (CT) 46–0 as holderdefendedOctober 13, 1888 · Yale at Pennsylvania 34–0 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1888 · Yale vs. Rutgers 65–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 1888 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 76–0 as holderdefended
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.