Lafayette defends the belt, 24–0, at home over Penn State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Lafayette came in 343 days into reign #14, which began with a win over Pennsylvania, with 8 defenses already behind it; this was its 9th defense. Lafayette went on to defend it 3 more times before Pennsylvania took it on October 23, 1897, 364 days after the reign began.
For Penn State this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Lafayette and Penn State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Lafayette hosted Penn State on October 2, 1897, defeating the visiting Nittany Lions 24-0. As the belt's defending holder, Lafayette 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 1908) · This game in the downloadable dataset