Harvard defends the belt, 10–9, at home over Washington & Jefferson.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Harvard came in 707 days into reign #33, which began with a win over Princeton, with 14 defenses already behind it; this was its 15th defense. Harvard went on to defend it 10 more times before Cornell took it on October 23, 1915, 1,085 days after the reign began.
For Washington & Jefferson this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Harvard and Washington & Jefferson have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Harvard defended the belt at home against Washington & Jefferson on October 10, 1914, winning 10-9. The belt remained with Harvard.
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 8437) · This game in the downloadable dataset