Lafayette defends the belt, 64–0, at home over Temperance A.C..
Where this game sits in the lineage
Lafayette came in 350 days into reign #14, which began with a win over Pennsylvania, with 10 defenses already behind it; this was its 11th defense. Lafayette went on to defend it 1 more time before Pennsylvania took it on October 23, 1897, 364 days after the reign began.
For Temperance 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 Lafayette and Temperance A.C. have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Lafayette defeated Temperance A.C. 64-0 on October 9, 1897, in week 5 of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Lafayette retained the 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 1934) · This game in the downloadable dataset