Princeton defends the belt, 69–0, at home over Wesleyan (CT).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 707 days into reign #7, which began with a win over Yale, with 14 defenses already behind it; this was its 15th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 1 more time before Harvard took it on November 12, 1887, 721 days after the reign began.
For Wesleyan (CT) this was its 9th 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 2nd of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 1–0; all-time Princeton leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defended the belt against Wesleyan (CT) on October 29, 1887, winning 69-0 at home. The decisive 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 440) · This game in the downloadable dataset