Program · last held it 1952
Pennsylvania
4Reigns
1,484Days held
55Defenses
Pennsylvania last held the belt November 1, 1952. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Pennsylvania belt badge →
Belt-game record56–40–4
52–4–3 defending it · 4–36–1 challenging for it · 100 belt games since 1876
Took the belt4
times · 4 reigns in all · first belt game November 1, 1876
All-time rank of 106 programs9th
in days held (1,484) · 25th in reigns · 6th in defenses (55) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Pennsylvania’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 11, 1952 – November 1, 1952
21 days
October 7, 1905 – October 13, 1906
1 yr, 6 days
October 23, 1897 – November 5, 1898
1 yr, 13 days
November 10, 1894 – October 24, 1896
1 yr, 349 days
Every belt game 100 games, newest first
November 1, 1952 · Pennsylvania vs. Penn State 7–14 as holderlost the beltOctober 25, 1952 · Pennsylvania at Navy 7–7 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 18, 1952 · Pennsylvania at Columbia 27–17 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1952 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 13–7 as challengertook the beltOctober 13, 1951 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 7–13 as challengerlostNovember 4, 1950 · Pennsylvania vs. Army 13–28 as challengerlostNovember 12, 1949 · Pennsylvania vs. Army 13–14 as challengerlostNovember 13, 1948 · Pennsylvania vs. Army 20–26 as challengerlostNovember 16, 1946 · Pennsylvania vs. Army 7–34 as challengerlostOctober 27, 1945 · Pennsylvania vs. Navy 7–14 as challengerlostOctober 27, 1934 · Pennsylvania vs. Navy 0–17 as challengerlostNovember 25, 1915 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 9–24 as challengerlostOctober 24, 1908 · Pennsylvania at Carlisle 6–6 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 13, 1906 · Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore 0–4 as holderlost the beltOctober 10, 1906 · Pennsylvania vs. Franklin & Marshall 47–6 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1906 · Pennsylvania vs. North Carolina 11–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1906 · Pennsylvania at Gettysburg 6–6 as holdertie, holder kept itSeptember 29, 1906 · Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh 32–6 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 6–5 as holderdefendedNovember 25, 1905 · Pennsylvania at Columbia 23–0 as holderdefendedNovember 18, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Villanova 42–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Harvard 12–6 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1905 · Pennsylvania at Lafayette 6–6 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 28, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Carlisle 6–0 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Brown 8–6 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Ursinus 39–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. North Carolina 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Franklin & Marshall 38–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1905 · Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore 11–4 as challengertook the beltNovember 8, 1902 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 0–11 as challengerlostNovember 3, 1900 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 5–17 as challengerlostNovember 4, 1899 · Pennsylvania vs. Harvard 0–16 as challengerlostNovember 5, 1898 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 0–10 as holderlost the beltOctober 29, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Chicago 23–11 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 32–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Wesleyan (CT) 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Virginia 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Brown 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Mansfield 50–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Penn State 40–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Gettysburg 50–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 24, 1898 · Pennsylvania vs. Franklin & Marshall 41–0 as holderdefendedNovember 25, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 4–0 as holderdefendedNovember 20, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Harvard 15–6 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Wesleyan (CT) 22–0 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Carlisle 20–10 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1897 · Pennsylvania at Brown 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1897 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 46–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 24, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 4–6 as holderlost the beltOctober 21, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Amherst 14–0 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh 34–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Virginia 20–0 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Dartmouth 16–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1896 · Pennsylvania at Navy 8–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Bucknell 40–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1896 · Pennsylvania vs. Gettysburg 32–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1896 · Pennsylvania at Franklin & Marshall 24–0 as holderdefendedNovember 28, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 46–2 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1895 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 17–14 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Penn State 35–4 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Chicago A.C. 12–4 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Brown 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 1895 · Pennsylvania at Duquesne A.C. 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Virginia 54–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Carlisle 36–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh 54–0 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1895 · Pennsylvania at Crescent A.C. 32–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Franklin & Marshall 42–0 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Bucknell 40–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1895 · Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore 40–0 as holderdefendedNovember 29, 1894 · Pennsylvania vs. Harvard 18–4 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1894 · Pennsylvania vs. Cornell 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1894 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 12–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 11, 1893 · Pennsylvania at Yale 6–14 as challengerlostNovember 12, 1892 · Pennsylvania at Yale 0–28 as challengerlostNovember 14, 1891 · Pennsylvania at Yale 0–48 as challengerlostNovember 8, 1890 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–6 as challengerlostOctober 15, 1890 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–18 as challengerlostOctober 30, 1889 · Pennsylvania vs. Yale 10–20 as challengerlostNovember 3, 1888 · Pennsylvania at Yale 0–54 as challengerlostOctober 13, 1888 · Pennsylvania vs. Yale 0–34 as challengerlostNovember 19, 1887 · Pennsylvania at Harvard 0–42 as challengerlostNovember 5, 1887 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 0–95 as challengerlostOctober 22, 1887 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–42 as challengerlostOctober 19, 1887 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 0–57 as challengerlostNovember 6, 1886 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 6–28 as challengerlostOctober 23, 1886 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 9–55 as challengerlostOctober 16, 1886 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 0–30 as challengerlostNovember 26, 1885 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 10–76 as challengerlostNovember 14, 1885 · Pennsylvania vs. Yale 5–53 as challengerlostNovember 11, 1882 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 0–10 as challengerlostOctober 28, 1882 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–9 as challengerlostNovember 5, 1881 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–4 as challengerlostOctober 29, 1881 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 0–7 as challengerlostOctober 30, 1880 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–1 as challengerlostOctober 18, 1879 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–6 as challengerlostNovember 25, 1876 · Pennsylvania at Princeton 0–6 as challengerlostNovember 1, 1876 · Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 0–6 as challengerlost
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