Cornell defends the belt, 26–0, at home over Gettysburg.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell came in 350 days into reign #34, which began with a win over Harvard, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Cornell went on to defend it 2 more times before Harvard took it on October 28, 1916, 371 days after the reign began.
For Gettysburg this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 5 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Cornell and Gettysburg have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 7, 1916, Cornell hosted Gettysburg in a regular season matchup and defeated the visiting team 26-0. As the belt's defending holder, Cornell retained the championship with the victory.
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 9329) · This game in the downloadable dataset