Carlisle defends the belt, 10–0, at home over Villanova.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Carlisle came in 322 days into reign #27, which began with a win over Harvard, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Carlisle went on to defend it 4 more times before Harvard took it on November 7, 1908, 364 days after the reign began.
For Villanova this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Carlisle and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Carlisle hosted Villanova on September 26, 1908, in a week 2 regular season matchup. Carlisle won 10-0, retaining the college football belt as the defending champion.
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 5863) · This game in the downloadable dataset