Pennsylvania defends the belt, 42–0, at home over Villanova.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 42 days into reign #23, which began with a win over Swarthmore, with 7 defenses already behind it; this was its 8th defense. Pennsylvania went on to defend it 6 more times before Swarthmore took it on October 13, 1906, 371 days after the reign began.
For Villanova this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Pennsylvania and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Pennsylvania defended the College Football Belt against Villanova on November 18, 1905, winning 42-0. The belt remained with Pennsylvania.
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 5048) · This game in the downloadable dataset