Swarthmore defends the belt, 21–0, at home over Amherst.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Swarthmore came in 21 days into reign #24, which began with a win over Pennsylvania, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. It was the last defense: Navy took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 10, 1906.
For Amherst this was its 15th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 16 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Amherst and Swarthmore have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Swarthmore defended the belt at home against Amherst on November 3, 1906, winning 21-0. The victory allowed Swarthmore 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 5352) · This game in the downloadable dataset