Carlisle defends the belt, 39–0, at home over Lebanon Valley.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Carlisle came in 319 days into reign #27, which began with a win over Harvard, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Carlisle went on to defend it 5 more times before Harvard took it on November 7, 1908, 364 days after the reign began.
For Lebanon Valley this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Carlisle and Lebanon Valley have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On September 23, 1908, Carlisle defeated visiting Lebanon Valley 39-0 in a regular season week 2 matchup. Carlisle was the defending belt holder and retained it with this 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 5859) · This game in the downloadable dataset