Program · last held it 1948
Harvard
10Reigns
3,015Days held
82Defenses
Harvard last held the belt October 9, 1948. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Harvard belt badge →
Belt-game record88–28–5
78–10–4 defending it · 10–18–1 challenging for it · 121 belt games since 1878
Took the belt10
times · 10 reigns in all · first belt game November 23, 1878
All-time rank of 106 programs4th
in days held (3,015) · 4th in reigns · 4th in defenses (82) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Harvard’s schedule runs through UCF 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 2, 1948 – October 9, 1948
7 days
October 28, 1916 – November 18, 1916
21 days
November 2, 1912 – October 23, 1915
2 yrs, 355 days
October 29, 1910 – November 4, 1911
1 yr, 6 days
November 7, 1908 – November 20, 1909
1 yr, 13 days
October 19, 1907 – November 9, 1907
21 days
November 23, 1901 – November 22, 1902
364 days
November 5, 1898 – November 24, 1900
2 yrs, 19 days
November 12, 1887 – November 24, 1887
12 days
November 18, 1882 – November 25, 1882
7 days
Every belt game 121 games, newest first
November 10, 1951 · Harvard vs. Princeton 13–54 as challengerlostOctober 21, 1950 · Harvard vs. Army 0–49 as challengerlostOctober 15, 1949 · Harvard vs. Army 14–54 as challengerlostOctober 9, 1948 · Harvard at Cornell 6–40 as holderlost the beltOctober 2, 1948 · Harvard vs. Columbia 33–24 as challengertook the beltNovember 11, 1922 · Harvard vs. Princeton 3–10 as challengerlostNovember 18, 1916 · Harvard vs. Brown 0–21 as holderlost the beltNovember 11, 1916 · Harvard vs. Princeton 3–0 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1916 · Harvard vs. Virginia 51–0 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1916 · Harvard vs. Cornell 23–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 23, 1915 · Harvard vs. Cornell 0–10 as holderlost the beltOctober 16, 1915 · Harvard vs. Virginia 9–0 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1915 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 29–7 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1915 · Harvard vs. Massachusetts 7–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 25, 1915 · Harvard vs. Colby 39–6 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1914 · Harvard at Yale 36–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1914 · Harvard at Brown 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 7, 1914 · Harvard vs. Princeton 20–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1914 · Harvard vs. Michigan 7–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1914 · Harvard at Penn State 13–13 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 17, 1914 · Harvard vs. Tufts 13–6 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1914 · Harvard vs. Washington & Jefferson 10–9 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1914 · Harvard vs. Springfield 44–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1914 · Harvard vs. Bates 44–0 as holderdefendedNovember 22, 1913 · Harvard vs. Yale 15–5 as holderdefendedNovember 15, 1913 · Harvard vs. Brown 37–0 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1913 · Harvard at Princeton 3–0 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1913 · Harvard vs. Cornell 23–6 as holderdefendedOctober 25, 1913 · Harvard vs. Penn State 29–0 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1913 · Harvard vs. Holy Cross 47–7 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1913 · Harvard vs. Williams 23–3 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1913 · Harvard vs. Bates 14–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1913 · Harvard vs. Maine 34–0 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1912 · Harvard at Yale 20–0 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1912 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 3–0 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1912 · Harvard vs. Vanderbilt 9–3 as holderdefendedNovember 2, 1912 · Harvard vs. Princeton 16–6 as challengertook the beltNovember 4, 1911 · Harvard at Princeton 6–8 as holderlost the beltOctober 28, 1911 · Harvard vs. Brown 20–6 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1911 · Harvard vs. Amherst 11–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1911 · Harvard vs. Williams 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1911 · Harvard vs. Holy Cross 8–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1911 · Harvard vs. Bates 15–0 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 1910 · Harvard vs. Yale 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 12, 1910 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1910 · Harvard vs. Cornell 27–5 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1910 · Harvard at Army 6–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 20, 1909 · Harvard vs. Yale 0–8 as holderlost the beltNovember 13, 1909 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 12–3 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1909 · Harvard vs. Cornell 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1909 · Harvard at Army 9–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1909 · Harvard vs. Brown 11–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1909 · Harvard vs. Maine 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1909 · Harvard vs. Williams 8–6 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1909 · Harvard vs. Bowdoin 17–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 25, 1909 · Harvard vs. Bates 11–0 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1908 · Harvard at Yale 4–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1908 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 1908 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 17–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 9, 1907 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 15–23 as holderlost the beltNovember 2, 1907 · Harvard vs. Brown 6–5 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1907 · Harvard vs. Springfield 9–5 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1907 · Harvard at Navy 6–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 11, 1905 · Harvard at Pennsylvania 6–12 as challengerlostNovember 22, 1902 · Harvard at Yale 0–23 as holderlost the beltNovember 15, 1902 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 16–6 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1902 · Harvard vs. Pennsylvania 11–0 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1902 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 23–0 as holderdefendedOctober 25, 1902 · Harvard vs. Brown 6–0 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1902 · Harvard at Army 14–6 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1902 · Harvard vs. Wesleyan (CT) 35–5 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1902 · Harvard vs. Maine 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1902 · Harvard vs. Amherst 6–0 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1902 · Harvard vs. Bates 23–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1902 · Harvard vs. Bowdoin 17–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1902 · Harvard vs. Williams 11–0 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1901 · Harvard vs. Yale 22–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 24, 1900 · Harvard at Yale 0–28 as holderlost the beltNovember 17, 1900 · Harvard vs. Brown 11–6 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1900 · Harvard vs. Pennsylvania 17–5 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1900 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 17–5 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1900 · Harvard at Army 29–0 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 1900 · Harvard vs. Bates 41–0 as holderdefendedOctober 13, 1900 · Harvard vs. Columbia 24–0 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1900 · Harvard vs. Amherst 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1900 · Harvard vs. Bowdoin 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1900 · Harvard vs. Williams 12–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 1900 · Harvard vs. Wesleyan (CT) 24–0 as holderdefendedNovember 18, 1899 · Harvard at Yale 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 11, 1899 · Harvard vs. Dartmouth 11–0 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1899 · Harvard at Pennsylvania 16–0 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1899 · Harvard vs. Carlisle 22–10 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1899 · Harvard vs. Brown 11–0 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1899 · Harvard vs. Bates 29–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1899 · Harvard at Army 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1899 · Harvard vs. Amherst 41–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1899 · Harvard vs. Wesleyan (CT) 20–0 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1899 · Harvard vs. Bowdoin 13–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1899 · Harvard vs. Williams 29–0 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 1898 · Harvard at Yale 17–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1898 · Harvard vs. Brown 17–6 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1898 · Harvard vs. Pennsylvania 10–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 20, 1897 · Harvard at Pennsylvania 6–15 as challengerlostNovember 23, 1895 · Harvard vs. Pennsylvania 14–17 as challengerlostNovember 29, 1894 · Harvard at Pennsylvania 4–18 as challengerlostNovember 25, 1893 · Harvard at Yale 0–6 as challengerlostNovember 19, 1892 · Harvard at Yale 0–6 as challengerlostNovember 21, 1891 · Harvard at Yale 0–10 as challengerlostNovember 23, 1889 · Harvard at Yale 0–6 as challengerlostNovember 24, 1887 · Harvard at Yale 8–17 as holderlost the beltNovember 19, 1887 · Harvard vs. Pennsylvania 42–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1887 · Harvard vs. Princeton 12–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 13, 1886 · Harvard at Princeton 0–12 as challengerlostNovember 22, 1884 · Harvard at Yale 0–52 as challengerlostNovember 29, 1883 · Harvard at Yale 2–23 as challengerlostNovember 25, 1882 · Harvard vs. Yale 0–1 as holderlost the beltNovember 18, 1882 · Harvard vs. Princeton 2–1 as challengertook the beltNovember 19, 1881 · Harvard at Princeton 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 13, 1880 · Harvard at Princeton 1–2 as challengerlostNovember 15, 1879 · Harvard at Princeton 0–1 as challengerlostNovember 23, 1878 · Harvard vs. Yale 0–1 as challengerlost
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