Princeton defends the belt, 27–0, at home over Rutgers.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 314 days into reign #10, which began with a win over Yale, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Princeton went on to defend it 10 more times before Yale took it on November 27, 1890, 364 days after the reign began.
For Rutgers this was its 13th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the 12th of 15 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 10–1; all-time Princeton leads 14–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defended the belt at home against Rutgers on October 8, 1890, winning 27-0 to retain the championship.
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 700) · This game in the downloadable dataset