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Program · last held it 1897

Lafayette

1Reign
364Days held
12Defenses

Lafayette last held the belt October 23, 1897. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Lafayette belt badge →

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Belt-game record12–9–2

11–1–1 defending it · 1–8–1 challenging for it · 23 belt games since 1887

Biggest belt winby 64

64–0 vs. Temperance A.C., October 9, 1897

Worst belt lossby 53

7–60 at Princeton, October 20, 1951

Most belt games againstPrinceton

Princeton (5) · Pennsylvania (5) · Bloomsburg (2)

Took the belt1

time · 1 reign in all · first belt game October 8, 1887

All-time rank of 106 programs40th

in days held (364) · 65th in reigns · 28th in defenses (12) · records

Without it for47,123 days

since October 23, 1897, lost to Pennsylvania · longest droughts

This season

The belt and Lafayette right now

Every path →
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Nothing on Lafayette’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.

Every reign

Lafayette’s belt history

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October 24, 1896 – October 23, 1897 364 days
Won from Pennsylvania, 6–4 Lost to Pennsylvania, 46–0 12 defenses
Every belt game 23 games, newest first
October 20, 1951 · Lafayette at Princeton 7–60 as challengerlostOctober 22, 1927 · Lafayette vs. Washington & Jefferson 0–14 as challengerlostNovember 4, 1905 · Lafayette vs. Pennsylvania 6–6 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 12, 1904 · Lafayette at Princeton 0–5 as challengerlostOctober 22, 1898 · Lafayette at Pennsylvania 0–32 as challengerlostOctober 23, 1897 · Lafayette at Pennsylvania 0–46 as holderlost the beltOctober 16, 1897 · Lafayette at Cornell 4–4 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 9, 1897 · Lafayette vs. Temperance A.C. 64–0 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1897 · Lafayette at Franklin & Marshall 8–0 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1897 · Lafayette vs. Penn State 24–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1897 · Lafayette at Wyoming Seminary 26–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 27, 1897 · Lafayette at Bloomsburg 14–0 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1896 · Lafayette at Navy 18–6 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1896 · Lafayette vs. Wesleyan (CT) 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1896 · Lafayette vs. Franklin & Marshall 38–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1896 · Lafayette at Wyoming Seminary 23–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1896 · Lafayette at Bloomsburg 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1896 · Lafayette vs. Dickinson 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1896 · Lafayette at Pennsylvania 6–4 as challengertook the beltOctober 26, 1895 · Lafayette at Pennsylvania 0–30 as challengerlostSeptember 29, 1894 · Lafayette at Princeton 0–40 as challengerlostOctober 22, 1890 · Lafayette at Princeton 6–26 as challengerlostOctober 8, 1887 · Lafayette at Princeton 0–47 as challengerlost
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