Navy defends the belt, 17–0, on the road at Pennsylvania.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy came in 7 days into reign #74, which began with a win over Columbia, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Navy went on to defend it 2 more times before Pittsburgh took it on November 17, 1934, 28 days after the reign began.
For Pennsylvania this was its 34th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 3 times before.
It was the 2nd of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Pennsylvania led the belt series 1–0; all-time Navy leads 2–1–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Navy traveled to Pennsylvania on October 27, 1934, in a regular season matchup where the visiting Midshipmen defeated the home Quakers 17-0. As the defending belt holder, Navy 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 19804) · This game in the downloadable dataset