Pennsylvania defends the belt, 14–0, at home over Amherst.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 711 days into reign #13, which began with a win over Princeton, with 23 defenses already behind it; this was its 24th defense. It was the last defense: Lafayette took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 24, 1896.
For Amherst this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 16 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Amherst and Pennsylvania have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the College Football Belt on October 21, 1896, defeating visiting Amherst 14-0. The belt remained with Pennsylvania.
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 1779) · This game in the downloadable dataset