Princeton defends the belt, 16–7, at home over Johns Hopkins.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 343 days into reign #45, which began with a win over Chicago, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 1 more time before Notre Dame took it on October 20, 1923, 357 days after the reign began.
For Johns Hopkins this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Johns Hopkins and Princeton have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 6, 1923, Princeton hosted Johns Hopkins in a regular season matchup. Princeton won 16-7, successfully defending the college football belt against the visiting Johns Hopkins team.
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 12880) · This game in the downloadable dataset