Navy defends the belt, 5–0, at home over Virginia Tech.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy came in 14 days into reign #25, which began with a win over Swarthmore, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Navy went on to defend it 6 more times before Harvard took it on October 19, 1907, 343 days after the reign began.
For Virginia Tech this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Navy and Virginia Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Navy defeated Virginia Tech 5-0 on November 24, 1906, in the regular season. As the belt holder, Navy successfully defended its 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 5443) · This game in the downloadable dataset