Princeton defends the belt, 85–0, on the road at Columbia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 341 days into reign #10, which began with a win over Yale, with 10 defenses already behind it; this was its 11th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 2 more times before Yale took it on November 27, 1890, 364 days after the reign began.
For Columbia this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 7th of 8 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 6–0; all-time Princeton leads 8–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton traveled to Columbia on November 4, 1890, in week 6 of the regular season. Columbia defeated Princeton 85-0. As the belt's defending champion, Princeton retained the belt with the 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 755) · This game in the downloadable dataset