Swarthmore defends the belt, 17–0, at home over George Washington.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Swarthmore came in 7 days into reign #24, which began with a win over Pennsylvania, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Swarthmore went on to defend it 2 more times before Navy took it on November 10, 1906, 28 days after the reign began.
For George Washington 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 George Washington and Swarthmore have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Swarthmore defeated George Washington 17-0 on October 20, 1906, in regular season play. Swarthmore was the defending belt holder and successfully retained the title 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 5283) · This game in the downloadable dataset