Navy retains the belt after a 6–6 tie with Vanderbilt.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy came in 336 days into reign #25, which began with a win over Swarthmore, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. Navy went on to defend it 1 more time before Harvard took it on October 19, 1907, 343 days after the reign began.
For Vanderbilt this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
This is the only time Navy and Vanderbilt have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Navy visited Vanderbilt on October 12, 1907, in a week 4 regular season matchup that ended in a 6-6 tie. Under the site's tie rule, the belt holder retains possession on a tie, so Navy successfully defended the belt.
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 5603) · This game in the downloadable dataset