Program · last held it 1948
Cornell
2Reigns
385Days held
8Defenses
Cornell last held the belt October 23, 1948. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Cornell belt badge →
Belt-game record10–16–1
8–2 defending it · 2–14–1 challenging for it · 27 belt games since 1889
Took the belt2
times · 2 reigns in all · first belt game October 15, 1889
All-time rank of 105 programs36th
in days held (385) · 43rd in reigns · 34th in defenses (8) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Cornell’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.
October 9, 1948 – October 23, 1948
14 days
October 23, 1915 – October 28, 1916
1 yr, 5 days
Every belt game 27 games, newest first
October 27, 1951 · Cornell at Princeton 15–53 as challengerlostOctober 23, 1948 · Cornell vs. Army 6–27 as holderlost the beltOctober 16, 1948 · Cornell at Syracuse 34–7 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1948 · Cornell vs. Harvard 40–6 as challengertook the beltNovember 1, 1947 · Cornell vs. Columbia 0–22 as challengerlostOctober 5, 1946 · Cornell at Army 21–46 as challengerlostOctober 20, 1917 · Cornell vs. Colgate 0–20 as challengerlostOctober 28, 1916 · Cornell at Harvard 0–23 as holderlost the beltOctober 21, 1916 · Cornell vs. Bucknell 19–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1916 · Cornell vs. Williams 42–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1916 · Cornell vs. Gettysburg 26–0 as holderdefendedNovember 25, 1915 · Cornell at Pennsylvania 24–9 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 1915 · Cornell vs. Washington and Lee 40–21 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1915 · Cornell at Michigan 34–7 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1915 · Cornell vs. Virginia Tech 45–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1915 · Cornell at Harvard 10–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 1, 1913 · Cornell at Harvard 6–23 as challengerlostNovember 5, 1910 · Cornell at Harvard 5–27 as challengerlostNovember 6, 1909 · Cornell at Harvard 0–18 as challengerlostNovember 30, 1905 · Cornell at Pennsylvania 5–6 as challengerlostNovember 25, 1897 · Cornell at Pennsylvania 0–4 as challengerlostOctober 16, 1897 · Cornell vs. Lafayette 4–4 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 28, 1895 · Cornell at Pennsylvania 2–46 as challengerlostNovember 17, 1894 · Cornell at Pennsylvania 0–6 as challengerlostOctober 20, 1894 · Cornell at Princeton 4–12 as challengerlostNovember 9, 1889 · Cornell vs. Yale 0–70 as challengerlostOctober 15, 1889 · Cornell at Yale 6–56 as challengerlost
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