Harvard defends the belt, 9–3, at home over Vanderbilt.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Harvard came in 7 days into reign #33, which began with a win over Princeton, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Harvard went on to defend it 24 more times before Cornell took it on October 23, 1915, 1,085 days after the reign began.
For Vanderbilt this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Harvard and Vanderbilt have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Harvard defended the belt at home against Vanderbilt on November 9, 1912, winning 9-3. The victory allowed Harvard to retain the lineal championship.
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 7766) · This game in the downloadable dataset