Cornell defends the belt, 19–0, at home over Bucknell.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell came in 364 days into reign #34, which began with a win over Harvard, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: Harvard took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 28, 1916.
For Bucknell this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Bucknell and Cornell have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Cornell defended the belt against visiting Bucknell on October 21, 1916, winning 19-0 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 9453) · This game in the downloadable dataset