Pennsylvania defends the belt, 20–0, at home over Virginia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 704 days into reign #13, which began with a win over Princeton, with 21 defenses already behind it; this was its 22nd defense. Pennsylvania went on to defend it 2 more times before Lafayette took it on October 24, 1896, 714 days after the reign began.
For Virginia this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 2nd of 3 belt games between the two; going in, Pennsylvania led the belt series 1–0; all-time Pennsylvania leads 3–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the College Football Belt at home against Virginia on October 14, 1896, winning 20-0 to retain the title.
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 1750) · This game in the downloadable dataset