Carlisle defends the belt, 18–4, on the road at Chicago.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Carlisle came in 14 days into reign #27, which began with a win over Harvard, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Carlisle went on to defend it 7 more times before Harvard took it on November 7, 1908, 364 days after the reign began.
For Chicago this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Carlisle and Chicago have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Carlisle traveled to Chicago on November 23, 1907, and defeated the home team 18-4 in week 10 of the regular season. As the defending belt holder, Carlisle retained the college football 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 5816) · This game in the downloadable dataset