Princeton defends the belt, 6–2, at home over Columbia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 2,191 days into reign #2, which began with a win over Rutgers, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 4 more times before Yale took it on November 30, 1876, 2,574 days after the reign began.
For Columbia this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 2nd of 8 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 1–0; all-time Princeton leads 8–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defended the belt at home against Columbia on November 13, 1875, winning 6-2. The victory allowed Princeton to retain the lineal championship.
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 39) · This game in the downloadable dataset