Princeton defends the belt, 32–0, at home over Lehigh.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 331 days into reign #12, which began with a win over Yale, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 1 more time before Pennsylvania took it on November 10, 1894, 345 days after the reign began.
For Lehigh this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 4th of 5 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 3–0; all-time Princeton leads 5–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defeated Lehigh 32-0 on October 27, 1894. As the belt's defending holder, Princeton retained the lineal championship with the victory.
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 1417) · This game in the downloadable dataset