Princeton defends the belt, 62–0, at home over Syracuse.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 350 days into reign #32, which began with a win over Harvard, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. Princeton went on to defend it 1 more time before Harvard took it on November 2, 1912, 364 days after the reign began.
For Syracuse this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Princeton and Syracuse have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Princeton defeated Syracuse 62-0 on October 19, 1912, in week 5 of the regular season. 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 7649) · This game in the downloadable dataset