Pennsylvania defends the belt, 17–0, at home over North Carolina.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 7 days into reign #23, which began with a win over Swarthmore, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Pennsylvania went on to defend it 12 more times before Swarthmore took it on October 13, 1906, 371 days after the reign began.
For North Carolina this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Pennsylvania leads 2–0.
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the belt at home against North Carolina on October 14, 1905, winning 17-0 in week 5 of the regular season. The victory allowed Pennsylvania 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 4792) · This game in the downloadable dataset