Swarthmore defends the belt, 27–6, at home over Haverford.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Swarthmore came in 21 days into reign #22, which began with a win over Navy, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Pennsylvania took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 7, 1905.
For Haverford this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Haverford and Swarthmore have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Swarthmore defeated visiting Haverford 27-6 on November 19, 1904. As the belt's defending holder, Swarthmore successfully retained the championship 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 4558) · This game in the downloadable dataset