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Reign #6 of 328 · Yale’s 2nd reign

Yale, 1882–1885

1,092Days held
25Defenses
#4Longest of 328
#5Most defended of 328
How it started

November 25, 1882

Took the belt from Harvard 1–0 on the road on November 25, 1882.

Defenses

The belt on the line, 25 times

December 1, 1882 · vs. Princeton 2–1DefendedSeptember 26, 1883 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 60–0DefendedSeptember 29, 1883 · at Wesleyan (CT) 94–0DefendedOctober 6, 1883 · vs. Stevens 59–0DefendedNovember 6, 1883 · vs. Rutgers 92–0DefendedNovember 14, 1883 · at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute 49–0DefendedNovember 17, 1883 · at Columbia 93–0DefendedNovember 21, 1883 · vs. Michigan 64–0DefendedNovember 24, 1883 · vs. Princeton 6–0DefendedNovember 29, 1883 · vs. Harvard 23–2DefendedOctober 1, 1884 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 31–0DefendedOctober 11, 1884 · vs. Stevens 96–0DefendedOctober 18, 1884 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 63–0DefendedOctober 22, 1884 · at Rutgers 76–10DefendedOctober 25, 1884 · at Dartmouth 113–0DefendedNovember 5, 1884 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 46–0DefendedNovember 19, 1884 · vs. Yale Alumni 18–0DefendedNovember 22, 1884 · vs. Harvard 52–0DefendedNovember 27, 1884 · vs. Princeton 0–0Tie, belt keptOctober 10, 1885 · at Stevens 55–0DefendedOctober 14, 1885 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 18–0DefendedOctober 28, 1885 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 71–0DefendedOctober 31, 1885 · at MIT 51–0DefendedNovember 3, 1885 · vs. Crescent A.C. 52–0DefendedNovember 14, 1885 · at Pennsylvania 53–5Defended
How it ended

November 21, 1885

Lost the belt to Princeton 5–6 at home on November 21, 1885, after 1,092 days.