Princeton defends the belt, 115–0, at home over Virginia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 338 days into reign #10, which began with a win over Yale, with 9 defenses already behind it; this was its 10th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 3 more times before Yale took it on November 27, 1890, 364 days after the reign began.
For Virginia this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Princeton leads 2–0.
About this game
Princeton defended the College Football Belt on November 1, 1890, defeating visiting Virginia 115-0. The dominant victory allowed Princeton to retain the belt.
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 750) · This game in the downloadable dataset