Reign #99 of 335 · Army’s 3rd reign
Army, 1948–1950
770Days held
21Defenses
#7Longest of 335
#11Most defended of 335
How it started
October 23, 1948
Took the belt from Cornell 27–6 on the road on October 23, 1948.
Army was No. 3 in the AP poll going into that game, Cornell was No. 19. While holding the belt: ranked in 18 of 18 poll weeks, best No. 1, 3 weeks at No. 1. The belt vs. the polls →
Head coach: Red Blaik · 2 reigns started, 1,463 days with the belt.
Defenses
The belt on the line, 21 times
October 30, 1948 · vs. Virginia Tech 49–7DefendedNovember 6, 1948 · vs. Stanford 43–0DefendedNovember 13, 1948 · at Pennsylvania 26–20DefendedNovember 27, 1948 · at Navy 21–21Tie, belt keptSeptember 24, 1949 · vs. Davidson 47–7DefendedOctober 1, 1949 · vs. Penn State 42–7DefendedOctober 8, 1949 · at Michigan 21–7DefendedOctober 15, 1949 · at Harvard 54–14DefendedOctober 22, 1949 · vs. Columbia 63–6DefendedOctober 29, 1949 · vs. VMI 40–14DefendedNovember 5, 1949 · vs. Fordham 35–0DefendedNovember 12, 1949 · at Pennsylvania 14–13DefendedNovember 26, 1949 · vs. Navy 38–0DefendedSeptember 30, 1950 · vs. Colgate 28–0DefendedOctober 7, 1950 · vs. Penn State 41–7DefendedOctober 14, 1950 · vs. Michigan 27–6DefendedOctober 21, 1950 · at Harvard 49–0DefendedOctober 28, 1950 · at Columbia 34–0DefendedNovember 4, 1950 · at Pennsylvania 28–13DefendedNovember 11, 1950 · vs. New Mexico 51–0DefendedNovember 18, 1950 · at Stanford 7–0Defended
How it ended