Princeton defends the belt, 47–0, at home over Lafayette.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 686 days into reign #7, which began with a win over Yale, with 9 defenses already behind it; this was its 10th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 6 more times before Harvard took it on November 12, 1887, 721 days after the reign began.
For Lafayette this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 5 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Princeton leads 5–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defeated Lafayette 47-0 on October 8, 1887, in the second week of the regular season. As the defending belt holder, Princeton 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 406) · This game in the downloadable dataset