Cornell defends the belt, 40–21, at home over Washington and Lee.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell came in 21 days into reign #34, which began with a win over Harvard, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Cornell went on to defend it 4 more times before Harvard took it on October 28, 1916, 371 days after the reign began.
For Washington and Lee this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Cornell and Washington and Lee have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Cornell defended the College Football Belt at home against Washington and Lee on November 13, 1915, winning 40-21. The victory allowed Cornell to retain 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 9147) · This game in the downloadable dataset