Cornell defends the belt, 34–7, on the road at Michigan.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell came in 14 days into reign #34, which began with a win over Harvard, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Cornell went on to defend it 5 more times before Harvard took it on October 28, 1916, 371 days after the reign began.
For Michigan this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Cornell and Michigan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Cornell traveled to Michigan on November 6, 1915, in a regular season matchup where the belt-holding visitors prevailed 34-7, successfully defending their claim to 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 9097) · This game in the downloadable dataset