Princeton defends the belt, 16–0, at home over Washington & Jefferson.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 329 days into reign #20, which began with a win over Yale, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 1 more time before Navy took it on October 15, 1904, 336 days after the reign began.
For Washington & Jefferson this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Princeton and Washington & Jefferson have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Princeton defended the College Football Belt at home against Washington & Jefferson on October 8, 1904, winning 16-0 in week 4 of the regular season. With the victory, Princeton retained possession of 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 4270) · This game in the downloadable dataset