Navy defends the belt, 23–0, at home over St. John's (Maryland).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy came in 4 days into reign #21, which began with a win over Princeton, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Navy went on to defend it 1 more time before Swarthmore took it on October 29, 1904, 14 days after the reign began.
For St. John's (Maryland) this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 3 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
It was the first of 3 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Navy leads 3–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Navy defended the College Football Belt on October 19, 1904, defeating visiting St. John's (Maryland) 23-0. The victory allowed Navy to retain 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 4343) · This game in the downloadable dataset