Pennsylvania defends the belt, 23–11, at home over Chicago.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 371 days into reign #15, which began with a win over Lafayette, with 14 defenses already behind it; this was its 15th defense. It was the last defense: Harvard took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 5, 1898.
For Chicago this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Chicago and Pennsylvania have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the College Football Belt at home against Chicago on October 29, 1898, winning 23-11 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 2223) · This game in the downloadable dataset