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Superlatives computed straight from the lineage — no editorial judgment, same as everything else on this site. Ties aren’t broken; a program just short of the cutoff simply isn’t shown.

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Showing all-time records, since the first game in 1869. Pick a year to count only reigns that began, and belt games played, on or after January 1 of that year.

Total Days Held

All-time, summed across every reign a program has had

1Princeton6,883across 9 reigns2Yale4,704across 7 reigns3USC3,147across 13 reigns4Harvard3,015across 10 reigns5Alabama2,331across 11 reigns

Longest Reigns

By days holding the belt

1Princeton7 yrs, 17 daysNovember 13, 1869 – November 30, 18762Princeton3 yrs, 355 daysNovember 28, 1878 – November 18, 18823Yale3 yrs, 3 daysNovember 27, 1890 – November 30, 18934Yale2 yrs, 361 daysNovember 25, 1882 – November 21, 18855Harvard2 yrs, 355 daysNovember 2, 1912 – October 23, 1915

Most Reigns

By program, across all 158 years

1USC13×reigns held2Alabama11×reigns held3Washington11×reigns held4Harvard10×reigns held5Princeton9×reigns held

Most Defended

Consecutive defenses in a single reign

1Yale36November 27, 18902Miami31October 7, 20003Yale29November 24, 18874Princeton25November 28, 18785Yale25November 25, 1882

Biggest Blowouts

Largest margin of victory in any belt game

1Princeton over Virginia+115115–0 · November 1, 18902Yale over Dartmouth+113113–0 · October 25, 18843Yale over Wesleyan (CT)+105105–0 · November 17, 18884Yale over Stevens+9696–0 · October 11, 18845Princeton over Pennsylvania+9595–0 · November 5, 1887

Narrowest Defenses

Closest the holder has come to losing it and still won (ties not counted)

1Yale over Tufts+11–0 · November 3, 18772Yale over Amherst+11–0 · November 16, 18783Yale over Harvard+11–0 · November 23, 18784Princeton over Harvard+11–0 · November 15, 18795Princeton over Pennsylvania+11–0 · October 30, 1880

Narrowest Upsets

The belt changed hands by the barest possible margin

1Princeton took it from Yale+11–0 · November 28, 18782Harvard took it from Princeton+12–1 · November 18, 18823Yale took it from Harvard+11–0 · November 25, 18824Princeton took it from Yale+16–5 · November 21, 18855Navy took it from Princeton+110–9 · October 15, 1904

Biggest Upsets

The belt changed hands in an outright rout

1Alabama routed Syracuse+5561–6 · January 1, 19532Pennsylvania routed Lafayette+4646–0 · October 23, 18973Penn State routed Pittsburgh+4551–6 · September 8, 20184Oklahoma routed Texas Tech+4465–21 · November 22, 20085Washington routed California+3946–7 · October 27, 1990

Longest Droughts

Programs that have held it before, and how long it's been

1Rutgers156 yrs, 326 dayslast held it November 13, 18692Lafayette128 yrs, 347 dayslast held it October 23, 18973Swarthmore119 yrs, 329 dayslast held it November 10, 19064Carlisle117 yrs, 332 dayslast held it November 7, 19085Yale115 yrs, 355 dayslast held it October 15, 1910

Belt Held By Coach

Total days held, all attributed to the coach at reign's start

1Percy Haughton1,855Harvard · 4 reigns2John Vaught1,530Ole Miss · 4 reigns3Red Blaik1,463Army · 2 reigns4Walter Camp1,099Yale · 1 reign5George Woodruff1,092Pennsylvania · 2 reigns