Princeton defends the belt, 31–0, at home over Virginia Tech.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 343 days into reign #32, which began with a win over Harvard, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 2 more times before Harvard took it on November 2, 1912, 364 days after the reign began.
For Virginia Tech this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Princeton and Virginia Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Princeton, the belt holder, defeated visiting Virginia Tech 31-0 on October 12, 1912. With the victory, Princeton retained the College Football 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 7606) · This game in the downloadable dataset