Princeton defends the belt, 46–4, at home over Wesleyan (CT).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 352 days into reign #10, which began with a win over Yale, with 12 defenses already behind it; this was its 13th defense. It was the last defense: Yale took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 27, 1890.
For Wesleyan (CT) this was its 16th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 30 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
It was the 3rd of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 2–0; all-time Princeton leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Princeton defended the College Football Belt on November 15, 1890, defeating visiting Wesleyan (CT) 46-4. With the victory, Princeton retained the 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 779) · This game in the downloadable dataset