Pennsylvania defends the belt, 39–0, at home over Ursinus.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 11 days into reign #23, which began with a win over Swarthmore, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Pennsylvania went on to defend it 11 more times before Swarthmore took it on October 13, 1906, 371 days after the reign began.
For Ursinus 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 Pennsylvania and Ursinus have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the belt against Ursinus on October 18, 1905, winning 39-0. 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 4815) · This game in the downloadable dataset