Princeton defends the belt, 39–0, at home over Wesleyan (CT).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 326 days into reign #20, which began with a win over Yale, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Princeton went on to defend it 2 more times before Navy took it on October 15, 1904, 336 days after the reign began.
For Wesleyan (CT) this was its 29th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 30 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
It was the 4th of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 3–0; all-time Princeton leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defended the college football belt at home against Wesleyan (CT) on October 5, 1904, winning 39-0 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 4233) · This game in the downloadable dataset