Princeton defends the belt, 22–7, at home over Dartmouth.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 357 days into reign #32, which began with a win over Harvard, with 7 defenses already behind it; this was its 8th defense. It was the last defense: Harvard took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 2, 1912.
For Dartmouth this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 14 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
It was the 2nd of 3 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 1–0; all-time Princeton leads 3–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defeated visiting Dartmouth 22-7 on October 26, 1912, in week 6 of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Princeton retained the lineal championship 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 7691) · This game in the downloadable dataset