Yale defends the belt, 28–0, on the road at Army.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Yale came in 1,066 days into reign #11, which began with a win over Princeton, with 32 defenses already behind it; this was its 33rd defense. Yale went on to defend it 3 more times before Princeton took it on November 30, 1893, 1,099 days after the reign began.
For Army this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 4 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Yale leads 2–1–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Yale traveled to Army on October 28, 1893, in a regular season matchup. Army won 28-0. Yale retained the belt despite the loss.
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 1246) · This game in the downloadable dataset