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The Longest Reigns in Belt History
Every belt reign since 1869, ranked by how long the holder kept it. The longest of them all belongs to Princeton, who held on for 7 yrs, 17 days straight. Here are the ten longest runs the belt has ever seen.
No. 1 Princeton — 7 yrs, 17 days
Princeton took the belt from Rutgers, 8–0, on November 13, 1869. The run ended on November 30, 1876, when Yale won it 2–0, closing out 10 times on the line.
No. 2 Princeton — 3 yrs, 355 days
Princeton took the belt from Yale, 1–0, on November 28, 1878. The run ended on November 18, 1882, when Harvard won it 2–1, closing out 25 times on the line.
No. 3 Yale — 3 yrs, 3 days
Yale took the belt from Princeton, 32–0, on November 27, 1890. The run ended on November 30, 1893, when Princeton won it 6–0, closing out 36 times on the line.
No. 4 Yale — 2 yrs, 361 days
Yale took the belt from Harvard, 1–0, on November 25, 1882. The run ended on November 21, 1885, when Princeton won it 6–5, closing out 25 times on the line.
No. 5 Harvard — 2 yrs, 355 days
Harvard took the belt from Princeton, 16–6, on November 2, 1912. The run ended on October 23, 1915, when Cornell won it 10–0, closing out 25 times on the line.
No. 6 Miami — 2 yrs, 88 days
Miami took the belt from Florida State, 27–24, on October 7, 2000. The run ended on January 3, 2003, when Ohio State won it 31–24, closing out 31 times on the line.
No. 7 Army — 2 yrs, 40 days
Army took the belt from Cornell, 27–6, on October 23, 1948. The run ended on December 2, 1950, when Navy won it 14–2, closing out 21 times on the line.
No. 8 Harvard — 2 yrs, 19 days
Harvard took the belt from Pennsylvania, 10–0, on November 5, 1898. The run ended on November 24, 1900, when Yale won it 28–0, closing out 23 times on the line.
No. 9 Yale — 2 yrs, 4 days
Yale took the belt from Harvard, 17–8, on November 24, 1887. The run ended on November 28, 1889, when Princeton won it 10–0, closing out 29 times on the line.
No. 10 USC — 2 yrs, 4 days
USC took the belt from Washington, 28–10, on November 11, 1978. The run ended on November 15, 1980, when Washington won it 20–10, closing out 24 times on the line.
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