Pennsylvania defends the belt, 40–0, at home over Bucknell.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 326 days into reign #13, which began with a win over Princeton, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Pennsylvania went on to defend it 20 more times before Lafayette took it on October 24, 1896, 714 days after the reign began.
For Bucknell this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Pennsylvania leads 2–0.
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the belt against Bucknell on October 2, 1895, winning 40-0 at home. The victory allowed Pennsylvania 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 1523) · This game in the downloadable dataset