Princeton retains the belt after a 0–0 tie with Orange A.C..
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 317 days into reign #10, which began with a win over Yale, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 9 more times before Yale took it on November 27, 1890, 364 days after the reign began.
For Orange A.C. this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
This is the only time Orange A.C. and Princeton have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 11, 1890, Orange A.C. visited Princeton in a regular season matchup that ended in a 0-0 tie. Under the belt's tie rule, Princeton retained the championship as the holder.
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 708) · This game in the downloadable dataset