Princeton defends the belt, 6–0, at home over Pennsylvania.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 2,569 days into reign #2, which began with a win over Rutgers, with 9 defenses already behind it; this was its 10th defense. It was the last defense: Yale took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 30, 1876.
For Pennsylvania this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 2nd of 20 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 1–0; all-time Princeton leads 18–2. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton, holding the belt, defeated visiting Pennsylvania 6-0 on November 25, 1876. The victory allowed Princeton 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 55) · This game in the downloadable dataset