Princeton defends the belt, 3–0, at home over Yale.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 21 days into reign #45, which began with a win over Chicago, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Princeton went on to defend it 2 more times before Notre Dame took it on October 20, 1923, 357 days after the reign began.
For Yale this was its 21st shot at the belt; it had held the belt 7 times before.
It was the 22nd of 23 belt games between the two; going in, Yale led the belt series 8–7–6; all-time Princeton leads 9–8–6. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defended the belt at home against Yale on November 18, 1922, winning 3-0. The victory allowed Princeton to retain the lineal championship.
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 12664) · This game in the downloadable dataset