Pennsylvania retains the belt after a 7–7 tie with Navy.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 14 days into reign #102, which began with a win over Princeton, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Penn State took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 1, 1952.
For Navy this was its 15th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 5 times before. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
It was the 4th of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Navy led the belt series 2–1; all-time Navy leads 2–1–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Pennsylvania visited Navy on October 25, 1952, in a regular season matchup that ended in a 7-7 tie. Under the site's tie rule, the belt holder retains possession in the event of a draw, so Pennsylvania successfully defended the belt.
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 31127) · This game in the downloadable dataset