Cornell defends the belt, 45–0, at home over Virginia Tech.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell came in 7 days into reign #34, which began with a win over Harvard, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Cornell went on to defend it 6 more times before Harvard took it on October 28, 1916, 371 days after the reign began.
For Virginia Tech this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Cornell and Virginia Tech have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Cornell hosted Virginia Tech on October 30, 1915, in a regular season matchup. Cornell dominated the visiting Hokies with a 45-0 victory. As the defending belt holder, Cornell successfully retained the lineal championship with the shutout win.
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 9052) · This game in the downloadable dataset