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Program · never held the belt · belt games 1890–1925

Franklin & Marshall

10Belt games
0–10Record
0Reigns

Franklin & Marshall has lined up against the belt holder 10 times and walked off without it every time — the closest was lost 0–8 to Lafayette on October 6, 1897. Embed the Franklin & Marshall belt badge →

By the numbers

Franklin & Marshall and the belt

Heartbreak list →
Shots at the belt10

belt games as the challenger, 1890–1925 · record 0–10

Closest call8 pts

lost 0–8 to Lafayette on October 6, 1897

Last shot7–38

November 7, 1925 against Muhlenberg

Keeps running intoPennsylvania

5 of the 10 attempts came against Pennsylvania · Lafayette (2), Princeton (1), and Swarthmore (1)

Among the 143 programs still chasing it7th

in attempts · the heartbreak list

Every attempt

10 belt games, newest first

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November 7, 1925 · Franklin & Marshall at Muhlenberg 7–38lost by 31October 10, 1906 · Franklin & Marshall at Pennsylvania 6–47lost by 41October 11, 1905 · Franklin & Marshall at Pennsylvania 0–38lost by 38November 12, 1904 · Franklin & Marshall at Swarthmore 0–69lost by 69September 24, 1898 · Franklin & Marshall at Pennsylvania 0–41lost by 41October 6, 1897 · Franklin & Marshall vs. Lafayette 0–8lost by 8November 14, 1896 · Franklin & Marshall at Lafayette 0–38lost by 38September 26, 1896 · Franklin & Marshall vs. Pennsylvania 0–24lost by 24October 5, 1895 · Franklin & Marshall at Pennsylvania 0–42lost by 42October 1, 1890 · Franklin & Marshall at Princeton 16–33lost by 17

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.