Splits
Home, road and neutral
Home field matters more when the belt is on the line. The holder’s record by where the game was played, since 1869.
85%Holder keeps it at home
70%Holder keeps it on the road
63%Holder keeps it on a neutral field
1,640Belt games with a holder
At home
935 belt games · held on in 85%
786Defenses
126Title changes
23Ties (holder keeps it)
On the road
603 belt games · held on in 70%
405Defenses
168Title changes
30Ties (holder keeps it)
Neutral site
102 belt games · held on in 63%
64Defenses
37Title changes
1Ties (holder keeps it)
By decade
The holder’s record, home, road and neutral
| Decade | Home | Road | Neutral |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 28–9 (76%) | 20–13 (61%) | 11–2 (85%) |
| 2010s | 53–10 (84%) | 35–19 (65%) | 14–8 (64%) |
| 2000s | 61–5 (92%) | 43–7 (86%) | 7–7 (50%) |
| 1990s | 42–23 (65%) | 30–17 (64%) | 7–1 (88%) |
| 1980s | 45–21–2 (68%) | 24–19 (56%) | 5–4 (56%) |
| 1970s | 46–8–3 (83%) | 38–14–3 (72%) | 6–4 (60%) |
| 1960s | 49–2–2 (94%) | 31–11–3 (72%) | 5–5 (50%) |
| 1950s | 42–8–2 (83%) | 28–14–2 (66%) | 4–2–1 (64%) |
| 1940s | 45–3 (94%) | 19–11–6 (61%) | 2–1 (67%) |
| 1930s | 45–10–5 (79%) | 24–8–1 (74%) | 2–3 (40%) |
| 1920s | 38–10–2 (78%) | 20–11–3 (63%) | 1–0 (100%) |
| 1910s | 56–7–1 (88%) | 11–6–2 (63%) | — |
| 1900s | 81–6–2 (92%) | 11–7–4 (59%) | — |
| 1890s | 87–2–1 (97%) | 29–4–2 (86%) | — |
| 1880s | 51–2–2 (95%) | 36–4–3 (87%) | — |
| 1870s | 17–0–1 (97%) | 6–2–1 (72%) | — |
| 1860s | — | 0–1 (0%) | — |
Records are the holder’s: a win or tie keeps the belt, a loss hands it over. Overtime belt games (box scores from 2003 on) have their own story.