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Program · last held it 1950

Army

3Reigns
1,477Days held
36Defenses

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Belt-game record36–12–4

33–3–3 defending it · 3–9–1 challenging for it · 52 belt games since 1893

Biggest belt winby 57

63–6 vs. Columbia, October 22, 1949

Worst belt lossby 29

0–29 vs. Harvard, October 20, 1900

Most belt games againstHarvard

Harvard (7) · Navy (6) · Yale (4)

Took the belt3

times · 3 reigns in all · first belt game October 28, 1893

All-time rank of 106 programs10th

in days held (1,477) · 35th in reigns · 11th in defenses (36) · records

Without it for27,726 days

since December 2, 1950, lost to Navy · longest droughts

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under 1% to hold the belt when the season’s games run out, per the season outlook.

Every reign

Army’s belt history

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October 23, 1948 – December 2, 1950 2 yrs, 40 days
Won from Cornell, 27–6 Lost to Navy, 14–2 21 defenses
December 1, 1945 – October 25, 1947 1 yr, 328 days
Won from Navy, 32–13 Lost to Columbia, 21–20 14 defenses
October 15, 1910 – October 29, 1910 14 days
Won from Yale, 9–3 Lost to Harvard, 6–0 1 defense
Every belt game 52 games, newest first
October 12, 1974 · Army at Duke 14–33 as challengerlostDecember 2, 1950 · Army at Navy 2–14 as holderlost the beltNovember 18, 1950 · Army at Stanford 7–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1950 · Army vs. New Mexico 51–0 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1950 · Army at Pennsylvania 28–13 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1950 · Army at Columbia 34–0 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1950 · Army at Harvard 49–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1950 · Army vs. Michigan 27–6 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1950 · Army vs. Penn State 41–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1950 · Army vs. Colgate 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1949 · Army vs. Navy 38–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1949 · Army at Pennsylvania 14–13 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1949 · Army vs. Fordham 35–0 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1949 · Army vs. VMI 40–14 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1949 · Army vs. Columbia 63–6 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1949 · Army at Harvard 54–14 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1949 · Army at Michigan 21–7 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1949 · Army vs. Penn State 42–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 24, 1949 · Army vs. Davidson 47–7 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 1948 · Army at Navy 21–21 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 13, 1948 · Army at Pennsylvania 26–20 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1948 · Army vs. Stanford 43–0 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1948 · Army vs. Virginia Tech 49–7 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1948 · Army at Cornell 27–6 as challengertook the beltOctober 25, 1947 · Army at Columbia 20–21 as holderlost the beltOctober 18, 1947 · Army vs. Virginia Tech 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1947 · Army at Illinois 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 4, 1947 · Army vs. Colorado 47–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1947 · Army vs. Villanova 13–0 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1946 · Army vs. Navy 21–18 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1946 · Army at Pennsylvania 34–7 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1946 · Army at Notre Dame 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 2, 1946 · Army vs. West Virginia 19–0 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1946 · Army vs. Duke 19–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1946 · Army vs. Columbia 48–14 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1946 · Army at Michigan 20–13 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1946 · Army vs. Cornell 46–21 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1946 · Army vs. Oklahoma 21–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 21, 1946 · Army vs. Villanova 35–0 as holderdefendedDecember 1, 1945 · Army vs. Navy 32–13 as challengertook the beltNovember 13, 1926 · Army vs. Notre Dame 0–7 as challengerlostOctober 29, 1910 · Army vs. Harvard 0–6 as holderlost the beltOctober 22, 1910 · Army vs. Lehigh 28–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1910 · Army vs. Yale 9–3 as challengertook the beltOctober 30, 1909 · Army vs. Harvard 0–9 as challengerlostDecember 1, 1906 · Army at Navy 0–10 as challengerlostOctober 24, 1903 · Army vs. Yale 5–17 as challengerlostOctober 18, 1902 · Army vs. Harvard 6–14 as challengerlostNovember 2, 1901 · Army at Yale 5–5 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 20, 1900 · Army vs. Harvard 0–29 as challengerlostOctober 14, 1899 · Army vs. Harvard 0–18 as challengerlostOctober 28, 1893 · Army vs. Yale 0–28 as challengerlost
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