Pennsylvania retains the belt after a 6–6 tie with Gettysburg.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pennsylvania came in 361 days into reign #23, which began with a win over Swarthmore, with 11 defenses already behind it; this was its 12th defense. Pennsylvania went on to defend it 2 more times before Swarthmore took it on October 13, 1906, 371 days after the reign began.
For Gettysburg this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
It was the 3rd of 3 belt games between the two; going in, Pennsylvania led the belt series 2–0; all-time Pennsylvania leads 2–0–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Pennsylvania visited Gettysburg on October 3, 1906, for a regular season game that ended in a 6-6 tie. Under the site's tie rule, the belt holder retains possession in the event of a draw, so Pennsylvania successfully defended the belt.
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 5160) · This game in the downloadable dataset