Cornell takes the belt, 40–6, at home over Harvard.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell took the belt here, ending Harvard’s run of 7 days and 0 defenses (reign #97) and starting reign #98. It lasted 14 days and 1 defense, until Army took it on October 23, 1948.
For Cornell this was its 16th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before — and it took it back here.
It was the 6th of 6 belt games between the two; going in, Harvard led the belt series 4–1; all-time Harvard leads 4–2. Every meeting →
About this game
Cornell defeated Harvard 40-6 on October 9, 1948, in Ithaca. With this victory, Cornell claimed the College Football Belt from Harvard.
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 28423) · This game in the downloadable dataset