FCS conference belt

The Ivy Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Ivy: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Ivy members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Ivy at the time. Caught it by beating Harvard on October 30, 2026.

Next Ivy gameDartmouth at Princeton · November 7, 2026 · ESPN+ — Princeton takes it with a win.

119Reigns

339Belt Games

8Programs

Longest Reign

Yale — 1 yr, 362 days

November 4, 1967 – November 1, 1969

Most Defenses, One Reign

Yale — 13

starting November 4, 1967

Most Reigns, All-Time

Harvard — 21 separate reigns

8 Ivy programs have held it

#	Team	Reign	Length	Def.	Won it	Lost it
1	Brown	September 29, 1956 – October 6, 1956	7 days	0	Established it (first game on record)	lost to Yale
2	Yale	October 6, 1956 – October 5, 1957	364 days	6	beat Brown 20–2	lost to Brown
3	Brown	October 5, 1957 – October 12, 1957	7 days	0	beat Yale 21–20	lost to Dartmouth
4	Dartmouth	October 12, 1957 – November 23, 1957	42 days	4	beat Brown 35–0	lost to Princeton
5	Princeton	November 23, 1957 – October 25, 1958	336 days	2	beat Dartmouth 34–14	lost to Cornell
6	Cornell	October 25, 1958 – November 8, 1958	14 days	1	beat Princeton 34–8	lost to Brown
7	Brown	November 8, 1958 – September 26, 1959	322 days	1	beat Cornell 12–8	lost to Columbia
8	Columbia	September 26, 1959 – October 3, 1959	7 days	0	beat Brown 21–6	lost to Princeton
9	Princeton	October 3, 1959 – October 10, 1959	7 days	0	beat Columbia 22–0	lost to Pennsylvania
10	Pennsylvania	October 10, 1959 – October 31, 1959	21 days	1	beat Princeton 18–0	lost to Harvard
11	Harvard	October 31, 1959 – November 14, 1959	14 days	1	beat Pennsylvania 12–0	lost to Brown
12	Brown	November 14, 1959 – September 24, 1960	315 days	0	beat Harvard 16–6	lost to Columbia
13	Columbia	September 24, 1960 – October 1, 1960	7 days	0	beat Brown 37–0	lost to Princeton
14	Princeton	October 1, 1960 – November 12, 1960	42 days	4	beat Columbia 49–0	lost to Yale
15	Yale	November 12, 1960 – October 14, 1961	336 days	2	beat Princeton 43–22	lost to Columbia
16	Columbia	October 14, 1961 – October 6, 1962	357 days	5	beat Yale 11–0	lost to Princeton
17	Princeton	October 6, 1962 – October 27, 1962	21 days	1	beat Columbia 33–0	lost to Cornell
18	Cornell	October 27, 1962 – November 3, 1962	7 days	0	beat Princeton 35–34	lost to Columbia
19	Columbia	November 3, 1962 – November 10, 1962	7 days	0	beat Cornell 25–21	lost to Dartmouth
20	Dartmouth	November 10, 1962 – October 26, 1963	350 days	4	beat Columbia 42–0	lost to Harvard
21	Harvard	October 26, 1963 – November 2, 1963	7 days	0	beat Dartmouth 17–13	lost to Pennsylvania
22	Pennsylvania	November 2, 1963 – November 9, 1963	7 days	0	beat Harvard 7–2	lost to Yale
23	Yale	November 9, 1963 – November 16, 1963	7 days	0	beat Pennsylvania 28–7	lost to Princeton
24	Princeton	November 16, 1963 – November 30, 1963	14 days	0	beat Yale 27–7	lost to Dartmouth
25	Dartmouth	November 30, 1963 – October 10, 1964	315 days	0	beat Princeton 22–21	lost to Princeton
26	Princeton	October 10, 1964 – November 20, 1965	1 yr, 41 days	11	beat Dartmouth 37–7	lost to Dartmouth
27	Dartmouth	November 20, 1965 – October 22, 1966	336 days	2	beat Princeton 28–14	lost to Harvard
28	Harvard	October 22, 1966 – November 5, 1966	14 days	1	beat Dartmouth 19–14	lost to Princeton
29	Princeton	November 5, 1966 – October 14, 1967	343 days	3	beat Harvard 18–14	lost to Cornell
30	Cornell	October 14, 1967 – October 21, 1967	7 days	0	beat Princeton 47–13	lost to Harvard
31	Harvard	October 21, 1967 – October 28, 1967	7 days	0	beat Cornell 14–12	lost to Dartmouth
32	Dartmouth	October 28, 1967 – November 4, 1967	7 days	0	beat Harvard 23–21	lost to Yale
33	Yale	November 4, 1967 – November 1, 1969	1 yr, 362 days	13	beat Dartmouth 56–15	lost to Dartmouth
34	Dartmouth	November 1, 1969 – November 22, 1969	21 days	2	beat Yale 42–21	lost to Princeton
35	Princeton	November 22, 1969 – October 10, 1970	322 days	1	beat Dartmouth 35–7	lost to Dartmouth
36	Dartmouth	October 10, 1970 – November 6, 1971	1 yr, 27 days	10	beat Princeton 38–0	lost to Columbia
37	Columbia	November 6, 1971 – October 14, 1972	343 days	3	beat Dartmouth 31–29	lost to Harvard
38	Harvard	October 14, 1972 – November 4, 1972	21 days	2	beat Columbia 20–18	lost to Pennsylvania
39	Pennsylvania	November 4, 1972 – November 25, 1972	21 days	2	beat Harvard 38–27	lost to Dartmouth
40	Dartmouth	November 25, 1972 – October 13, 1973	322 days	0	beat Pennsylvania 31–17	lost to Pennsylvania
41	Pennsylvania	October 13, 1973 – November 3, 1973	21 days	1	beat Dartmouth 22–16	lost to Harvard
42	Harvard	November 3, 1973 – November 24, 1973	21 days	2	beat Pennsylvania 34–30	lost to Yale
43	Yale	November 24, 1973 – November 23, 1974	364 days	6	beat Harvard 35–0	lost to Harvard
44	Harvard	November 23, 1974 – November 8, 1975	350 days	4	beat Yale 21–16	lost to Princeton
45	Princeton	November 8, 1975 – November 15, 1975	7 days	0	beat Harvard 24–20	lost to Yale
46	Yale	November 15, 1975 – November 22, 1975	7 days	0	beat Princeton 24–13	lost to Harvard
47	Harvard	November 22, 1975 – October 9, 1976	322 days	1	beat Yale 10–7	lost to Cornell
48	Cornell	October 9, 1976 – October 16, 1976	7 days	0	beat Harvard 9–3	lost to Brown
49	Brown	October 16, 1976 – September 17, 1977	336 days	3	beat Cornell 28–12	lost to Yale
50	Yale	September 17, 1977 – October 8, 1977	21 days	0	beat Brown 10–9	lost to Dartmouth
51	Dartmouth	October 8, 1977 – October 15, 1977	7 days	0	beat Yale 3–0	lost to Harvard
52	Harvard	October 15, 1977 – October 22, 1977	7 days	0	beat Dartmouth 31–25	lost to Princeton
53	Princeton	October 22, 1977 – October 29, 1977	7 days	0	beat Harvard 20–7	lost to Pennsylvania
54	Pennsylvania	October 29, 1977 – November 5, 1977	7 days	0	beat Princeton 21–10	lost to Harvard
55	Harvard	November 5, 1977 – November 12, 1977	7 days	0	beat Pennsylvania 34–15	lost to Yale
56	Yale	November 12, 1977 – October 14, 1978	336 days	1	beat Harvard 24–7	lost to Dartmouth
57	Dartmouth	October 14, 1978 – October 21, 1978	7 days	0	beat Yale 10–3	lost to Harvard
58	Harvard	October 21, 1978 – November 4, 1978	14 days	1	beat Dartmouth 24–19	lost to Brown
59	Brown	November 4, 1978 – November 11, 1978	7 days	0	beat Harvard 31–30	lost to Dartmouth
60	Dartmouth	November 11, 1978 – September 22, 1979	315 days	1	beat Brown 31–21	lost to Princeton
61	Princeton	September 22, 1979 – October 6, 1979	14 days	0	beat Dartmouth 16–0	lost to Brown
62	Brown	October 6, 1979 – November 10, 1979	35 days	3	beat Princeton 31–12	lost to Dartmouth
63	Dartmouth	November 10, 1979 – October 25, 1980	350 days	3	beat Brown 24–10	lost to Cornell
64	Cornell	October 25, 1980 – September 19, 1981	329 days	3	beat Dartmouth 7–3	lost to Pennsylvania
65	Pennsylvania	September 19, 1981 – October 3, 1981	14 days	0	beat Cornell 29–22	lost to Columbia
66	Columbia	October 3, 1981 – October 10, 1981	7 days	0	beat Pennsylvania 20–9	lost to Princeton
67	Princeton	October 10, 1981 – November 21, 1981	42 days	4	beat Columbia 21–14	— belt retired —
68	Yale	September 27, 2003 – October 25, 2003	28 days	1	Re-established it (no Ivy games on record between 1981 and 2003)	lost to Pennsylvania
69	Pennsylvania	October 25, 2003 – November 13, 2004	1 yr, 19 days	9	beat Yale 34–31	lost to Harvard
70	Harvard	November 13, 2004 – October 8, 2005	329 days	2	beat Pennsylvania 31–10	lost to Cornell
71	Cornell	October 8, 2005 – October 22, 2005	14 days	0	beat Harvard 27–13	lost to Brown
72	Brown	October 22, 2005 – September 23, 2006	336 days	4	beat Cornell 38–24	lost to Harvard
73	Harvard	September 23, 2006 – November 11, 2006	49 days	3	beat Brown 38–21	lost to Pennsylvania
74	Pennsylvania	November 11, 2006 – November 18, 2006	7 days	0	beat Harvard 22–13	lost to Cornell
75	Cornell	November 18, 2006 – September 22, 2007	308 days	0	beat Pennsylvania 28–27	lost to Yale
76	Yale	September 22, 2007 – November 17, 2007	56 days	5	beat Cornell 51–12	lost to Harvard
77	Harvard	November 17, 2007 – September 27, 2008	315 days	0	beat Yale 37–6	lost to Brown
78	Brown	September 27, 2008 – November 8, 2008	42 days	3	beat Harvard 24–22	lost to Yale
79	Yale	November 8, 2008 – November 22, 2008	14 days	1	beat Brown 13–3	lost to Harvard
80	Harvard	November 22, 2008 – November 14, 2009	357 days	5	beat Yale 10–0	lost to Pennsylvania
81	Pennsylvania	November 14, 2009 – October 29, 2011	1 yr, 349 days	11	beat Harvard 17–7	lost to Brown
82	Brown	October 29, 2011 – November 12, 2011	14 days	1	beat Pennsylvania 6–0	lost to Dartmouth
83	Dartmouth	November 12, 2011 – September 29, 2012	322 days	1	beat Brown 21–16	lost to Pennsylvania
84	Pennsylvania	September 29, 2012 – October 20, 2012	21 days	1	beat Dartmouth 28–21	lost to Yale
85	Yale	October 20, 2012 – October 27, 2012	7 days	0	beat Pennsylvania 27–13	lost to Columbia
86	Columbia	October 27, 2012 – November 3, 2012	7 days	0	beat Yale 26–22	lost to Harvard
87	Harvard	November 3, 2012 – November 10, 2012	7 days	0	beat Columbia 69–0	lost to Pennsylvania
88	Pennsylvania	November 10, 2012 – November 2, 2013	357 days	4	beat Harvard 30–21	lost to Brown
89	Brown	November 2, 2013 – November 9, 2013	7 days	0	beat Pennsylvania 27–0	lost to Yale
90	Yale	November 9, 2013 – November 16, 2013	7 days	0	beat Brown 24–17	lost to Princeton
91	Princeton	November 16, 2013 – November 23, 2013	7 days	0	beat Yale 59–23	lost to Dartmouth
92	Dartmouth	November 23, 2013 – November 1, 2014	343 days	3	beat Princeton 28–24	lost to Harvard
93	Harvard	November 1, 2014 – November 14, 2015	1 yr, 13 days	8	beat Dartmouth 23–12	lost to Pennsylvania
94	Pennsylvania	November 14, 2015 – November 5, 2016	357 days	5	beat Harvard 35–25	lost to Princeton
95	Princeton	November 5, 2016 – September 30, 2017	329 days	2	beat Pennsylvania 28–0	lost to Columbia
96	Columbia	September 30, 2017 – October 28, 2017	28 days	2	beat Princeton 28–24	lost to Yale
97	Yale	October 28, 2017 – October 5, 2018	342 days	4	beat Columbia 23–6	lost to Dartmouth
98	Dartmouth	October 5, 2018 – November 3, 2018	29 days	2	beat Yale 41–18	lost to Princeton
99	Princeton	November 3, 2018 – November 9, 2019	1 yr, 6 days	6	beat Dartmouth 14–9	lost to Dartmouth
100	Dartmouth	November 9, 2019 – November 16, 2019	7 days	0	beat Princeton 27–10	lost to Cornell
101	Cornell	November 16, 2019 – September 25, 2021	1 yr, 313 days	1	beat Dartmouth 20–17	lost to Yale
102	Yale	September 25, 2021 – October 9, 2021	14 days	0	beat Cornell 23–17	lost to Dartmouth
103	Dartmouth	October 9, 2021 – October 22, 2021	13 days	0	beat Yale 24–17	lost to Columbia
104	Columbia	October 22, 2021 – October 30, 2021	8 days	0	beat Dartmouth 19–0	lost to Yale
105	Yale	October 30, 2021 – November 13, 2021	14 days	1	beat Columbia 37–30	lost to Princeton
106	Princeton	November 13, 2021 – November 12, 2022	364 days	6	beat Yale 35–20	lost to Yale
107	Yale	November 12, 2022 – September 23, 2023	315 days	1	beat Princeton 24–20	lost to Cornell
108	Cornell	September 23, 2023 – October 6, 2023	13 days	0	beat Yale 23–21	lost to Harvard
109	Harvard	October 6, 2023 – October 21, 2023	15 days	0	beat Cornell 41–23	lost to Princeton
110	Princeton	October 21, 2023 – November 3, 2023	13 days	1	beat Harvard 21–14	lost to Dartmouth
111	Dartmouth	November 3, 2023 – November 2, 2024	0 yrs, 365 days	5	beat Princeton 23–21	lost to Harvard
112	Harvard	November 2, 2024 – November 23, 2024	21 days	2	beat Dartmouth 31–27	lost to Yale
113	Yale	November 23, 2024 – October 11, 2025	322 days	1	beat Harvard 34–29	lost to Dartmouth
114	Dartmouth	October 11, 2025 – November 1, 2025	21 days	1	beat Yale 17–16	lost to Harvard
115	Harvard	November 1, 2025 – November 22, 2025	21 days	2	beat Dartmouth 31–10	lost to Yale
116	Yale	November 22, 2025 – September 26, 2026	308 days	0	beat Harvard 45–28	lost to Cornell
117	Cornell	September 26, 2026 – October 10, 2026	14 days	0	beat Yale 38–25	lost to Harvard
118	Harvard	October 10, 2026 – October 30, 2026	20 days	1	beat Cornell 41–29	lost to Dartmouth
119	Dartmouth	October 30, 2026 – Present	1 day	0	beat Harvard 24–14	— present —

No reigns match “.”

Membership is judged season by season from every game a team played, so realignment moves a team’s games with it. A holder that stays in Ivy keeps the belt through any stretch without a game against another member; a holder that leaves vacates the belt on its last game as a member, and it reverts to the most recent earlier holder that is a member of the season it left for. If no one is left to inherit it, the belt retires with its last holder. Days count the offseason; switch to games to measure a reign by belt games only.

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