Swarthmore defends the belt, 69–0, at home over Franklin & Marshall.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Swarthmore came in 14 days into reign #22, which began with a win over Navy, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Swarthmore went on to defend it 1 more time before Pennsylvania took it on October 7, 1905, 343 days after the reign began.
For Franklin & Marshall this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 10 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Franklin & Marshall and Swarthmore have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On November 12, 1904, Swarthmore defeated Franklin & Marshall 69-0 at home in week 9 of the regular season. Swarthmore was the defending belt holder and retained the belt 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 4515) · This game in the downloadable dataset