Program · last held it 1948
Columbia
2Reigns
635Days held
7Defenses
Columbia last held the belt October 2, 1948. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Columbia belt badge →
Belt-game record9–21
7–2 defending it · 2–19 challenging for it · 30 belt games since 1874
Took the belt2
times · 2 reigns in all · first belt game November 7, 1874
All-time rank of 105 programs28th
in days held (635) · 43rd in reigns · 37th in defenses (7) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Columbia’s schedule runs through Notre Dame or anyone who could take the belt from them first. Bowl pairings can change that.
Season outlook
under 1% to hold the belt when the season’s games run out, per the season outlook.
Every belt game 30 games, newest first
October 18, 1952 · Columbia vs. Pennsylvania 17–27 as challengerlostSeptember 27, 1952 · Columbia vs. Princeton 0–14 as challengerlostOctober 28, 1950 · Columbia vs. Army 0–34 as challengerlostOctober 22, 1949 · Columbia at Army 6–63 as challengerlostOctober 2, 1948 · Columbia at Harvard 24–33 as holderlost the beltSeptember 25, 1948 · Columbia vs. Rutgers 27–6 as holderdefendedNovember 22, 1947 · Columbia vs. Syracuse 28–8 as holderdefendedNovember 15, 1947 · Columbia vs. Holy Cross 10–0 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1947 · Columbia vs. Dartmouth 15–0 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1947 · Columbia at Cornell 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 25, 1947 · Columbia vs. Army 21–20 as challengertook the beltOctober 19, 1946 · Columbia at Army 14–48 as challengerlostOctober 20, 1934 · Columbia vs. Navy 7–18 as holderlost the beltOctober 13, 1934 · Columbia vs. VMI 29–6 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1934 · Columbia at Yale 12–6 as holderdefendedJanuary 1, 1934 · Columbia vs. Stanford 7–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 25, 1905 · Columbia vs. Pennsylvania 0–23 as challengerlostOctober 31, 1903 · Columbia at Yale 0–25 as challengerlostOctober 26, 1901 · Columbia at Yale 5–10 as challengerlostOctober 13, 1900 · Columbia at Harvard 0–24 as challengerlostNovember 4, 1890 · Columbia vs. Princeton 0–85 as challengerlostOctober 26, 1889 · Columbia vs. Yale 0–62 as challengerlostNovember 17, 1883 · Columbia vs. Yale 0–93 as challengerlostNovember 7, 1882 · Columbia vs. Princeton 0–8 as challengerlostNovember 12, 1881 · Columbia at Princeton 0–1 as challengerlostNovember 1, 1879 · Columbia at Princeton 0–2 as challengerlostDecember 9, 1876 · Columbia vs. Yale 0–2 as challengerlostNovember 11, 1876 · Columbia vs. Princeton 0–3 as challengerlostNovember 13, 1875 · Columbia at Princeton 2–6 as challengerlostNovember 7, 1874 · Columbia at Princeton 0–6 as challengerlost
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