Est. 1869 · Lineal Championship The College Football Belt

The 1889 Season: 1889

Opened the season with Yale holding the belt; Princeton closed it out. 18 belt games this season: 1 title change and 17 defenses.

#DateMatchupScoreResult
110 September 28, 1889 Wesleyan (CT) at Yale 0–38 Defended · #1
111 October 2, 1889 Williams at Yale 0–36 Defended · #2
112 October 9, 1889 Yale at Wesleyan (CT) 63–5 Defended · #3
113 October 15, 1889 Cornell at Yale 6–56 Defended · #4
114 October 19, 1889 Amherst at Yale 0–42 Defended · #5
115 October 24, 1889 Yale at Trinity (CT) 64–0 Defended · #6
116 October 26, 1889 Yale at Columbia 62–0 Defended · #7
117 October 30, 1889 Yale at Pennsylvania 20–10 Defended · #8
118 October 31, 1889 Stevens at Yale 0–30 Defended · #9
119 November 5, 1889 Yale at Crescent A.C. 5–0 Defended · #10
120 November 9, 1889 Yale at Cornell 70–0 Defended · #11
121 November 12, 1889 Yale at Amherst 32–0 Defended · #12
122 November 13, 1889 Yale at Williams 70–0 Defended · #13
123 November 16, 1889 Wesleyan (CT) at Yale 0–52 Defended · #14
124 November 20, 1889 Yale at Crescent A.C. 18–0 Defended · #15
125 November 23, 1889 Harvard at Yale 0–6 Defended · #16
126 November 28, 1889 Yale at Princeton 0–10 New champion: Princeton
127 November 30, 1889 Princeton at Columbia A.C. 57–0 Defended · #1
Season Detail

Reigns That Started This Season

TeamSinceHowHeld It
Princeton November 28, 1889 took it from Yale 364 days

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