Princeton defends the belt, 1–0, at home over Harvard.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 352 days into reign #4, which began with a win over Yale, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 21 more times before Harvard took it on November 18, 1882, 1,451 days after the reign began.
For Harvard this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 13 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 6–6–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defended the College Football Belt at home against Harvard on November 15, 1879, winning 1-0. The victory allowed Princeton to retain the belt.
Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.
Sources Game record: College Football Data (id 105) · This game in the downloadable dataset