Navy defends the belt, 12–0, at home over Maryland.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy came in 333 days into reign #25, which began with a win over Swarthmore, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Navy went on to defend it 2 more times before Harvard took it on October 19, 1907, 343 days after the reign began.
For Maryland this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Maryland and Navy have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Navy defeated Maryland 12-0 on October 9, 1907, in week 4 of the regular season. As the belt's defending champion, Navy retained the championship 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 5563) · This game in the downloadable dataset