Harvard takes the belt, 6–0, on the road at Navy.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Harvard took the belt here, ending Navy’s run of 343 days and 8 defenses (reign #25) and starting reign #26. It lasted 21 days and 2 defenses, until Carlisle took it on November 9, 1907.
For Harvard this was its 20th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 4 times before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Harvard and Navy have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Harvard visited Navy on October 19, 1907, and won 6-0 to claim the College Football Belt. This victory gave Harvard possession of the lineal championship that had previously been held by Navy.
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 5623) · This game in the downloadable dataset