Reign #9 of 335 · Yale’s 3rd reign
Yale, 1887–1889
735Days held
29Defenses
#9Longest of 335
#3Most defended of 335
How it started
November 24, 1887
Took the belt from Harvard 17–8 at home on November 24, 1887.
Defenses
The belt on the line, 29 times
September 29, 1888 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 76–0DefendedOctober 6, 1888 · vs. Rutgers 65–0DefendedOctober 13, 1888 · at Pennsylvania 34–0DefendedOctober 16, 1888 · at Wesleyan (CT) 46–0DefendedOctober 19, 1888 · at Amherst 39–0DefendedOctober 20, 1888 · at Williams 30–0DefendedOctober 24, 1888 · vs. MIT 68–0DefendedOctober 27, 1888 · vs. Stevens 69–0DefendedNovember 3, 1888 · vs. Pennsylvania 54–0DefendedNovember 6, 1888 · at Crescent A.C. 28–0DefendedNovember 10, 1888 · vs. Amherst 70–0DefendedNovember 17, 1888 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 105–0DefendedNovember 24, 1888 · vs. Princeton 10–0DefendedSeptember 28, 1889 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 38–0DefendedOctober 2, 1889 · vs. Williams 36–0DefendedOctober 9, 1889 · at Wesleyan (CT) 63–5DefendedOctober 15, 1889 · vs. Cornell 56–6DefendedOctober 19, 1889 · vs. Amherst 42–0DefendedOctober 24, 1889 · at Trinity (CT) 64–0DefendedOctober 26, 1889 · at Columbia 62–0DefendedOctober 30, 1889 · at Pennsylvania 20–10DefendedOctober 31, 1889 · vs. Stevens 30–0DefendedNovember 5, 1889 · at Crescent A.C. 5–0DefendedNovember 9, 1889 · at Cornell 70–0DefendedNovember 12, 1889 · at Amherst 32–0DefendedNovember 13, 1889 · at Williams 70–0DefendedNovember 16, 1889 · vs. Wesleyan (CT) 52–0DefendedNovember 20, 1889 · at Crescent A.C. 18–0DefendedNovember 23, 1889 · vs. Harvard 6–0Defended
How it ended