Swarthmore defends the belt, 19–4, at home over Gettysburg.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Swarthmore came in 14 days into reign #24, which began with a win over Pennsylvania, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Swarthmore went on to defend it 1 more time before Navy took it on November 10, 1906, 28 days after the reign began.
For Gettysburg this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 5 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Gettysburg and Swarthmore have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Swarthmore defeated visiting Gettysburg 19-4 on October 27, 1906 in a regular season matchup. As the belt holder, Swarthmore's victory allowed the team 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 5318) · This game in the downloadable dataset