Pennsylvania defends the belt, 12–4, at home over Chicago A.C..
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 356 days into reign #13, which began with a win over Princeton, with 12 defenses already behind it; this was its 13th defense. Pennsylvania went on to defend it 11 more times before Lafayette took it on October 24, 1896, 714 days after the reign began.
For Chicago A.C. 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 Chicago A.C. and Pennsylvania have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the belt on November 1, 1895, defeating visiting Chicago A.C. 12-4 in a regular season matchup. 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 1620) · This game in the downloadable dataset