Cornell defends the belt, 42–0, at home over Williams.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell came in 357 days into reign #34, which began with a win over Harvard, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Cornell went on to defend it 1 more time before Harvard took it on October 28, 1916, 371 days after the reign began.
For Williams this was its 13th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 13 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Cornell and Williams have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Cornell, holding the belt at home, defeated Williams 42-0 on October 14, 1916. The shutout victory allowed Cornell to retain the 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 9396) · This game in the downloadable dataset