Program · never held the belt · belt games 1899–1909

Bowdoin

5Belt games

0–5Record

0Reigns

Bowdoin has lined up against the belt holder 5 times and walked off without it every time — the closest was lost 6–17 to Harvard on October 1, 1902. Embed the Bowdoin belt badge →

By the numbers

Bowdoin and the belt

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Shots at the belt5

belt games as the challenger, 1899–1909 · record 0–5

Closest call11 pts

lost 6–17 to Harvard on October 1, 1902

Last shot0–17

October 2, 1909 against Harvard

Keeps running intoHarvard

4 of the 5 attempts came against Harvard · Yale (1)

Among the 143 programs still chasing it17th

in attempts · the heartbreak list

Every attempt

5 belt games, newest first

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October 2, 1909 · Bowdoin at Harvard 0–17lost by 17 October 1, 1902 · Bowdoin at Harvard 6–17lost by 11 October 16, 1901 · Bowdoin at Yale 0–45lost by 45 October 6, 1900 · Bowdoin at Harvard 0–12lost by 12 October 4, 1899 · Bowdoin at Harvard 0–13lost by 13

A program gets a shot at the belt only by being scheduled against whoever holds it, so a short list here says as much about the schedule as the program. Win one, and this page turns into a reign.