Program · last held it 1910
Yale
7Reigns
4,704Days held
126Defenses
Yale last held the belt October 15, 1910. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Yale belt badge →
Belt-game record130–17–10
123–7–3 defending it · 7–10–7 challenging for it · 157 belt games since 1873
Took the belt7
times · 7 reigns in all · first belt game November 15, 1873
All-time rank of 106 programs2nd
in days held (4,704) · 12th in reigns · 1st in defenses (126) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Yale’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.
November 20, 1909 – October 15, 1910
329 days
November 22, 1902 – November 14, 1903
357 days
November 24, 1900 – November 23, 1901
364 days
November 27, 1890 – November 30, 1893
3 yrs, 3 days
November 24, 1887 – November 28, 1889
2 yrs, 4 days
November 25, 1882 – November 21, 1885
2 yrs, 361 days
November 30, 1876 – November 28, 1878
1 yr, 363 days
Every belt game 157 games, newest first
November 17, 1951 · Yale at Princeton 0–27 as challengerlostSeptember 29, 1951 · Yale at Navy 7–7 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 6, 1934 · Yale vs. Columbia 6–12 as challengerlostNovember 18, 1922 · Yale at Princeton 0–3 as challengerlostNovember 21, 1914 · Yale vs. Harvard 0–36 as challengerlostNovember 22, 1913 · Yale at Harvard 5–15 as challengerlostNovember 23, 1912 · Yale vs. Harvard 0–20 as challengerlostNovember 18, 1911 · Yale vs. Princeton 3–6 as challengerlostNovember 19, 1910 · Yale at Harvard 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 15, 1910 · Yale at Army 3–9 as holderlost the beltOctober 8, 1910 · Yale vs. Holy Cross 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1910 · Yale vs. Tufts 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1910 · Yale vs. Syracuse 12–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1910 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 22–0 as holderdefendedNovember 20, 1909 · Yale at Harvard 8–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 21, 1908 · Yale vs. Harvard 0–4 as challengerlostNovember 14, 1903 · Yale vs. Princeton 6–11 as holderlost the beltNovember 7, 1903 · Yale vs. Syracuse 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1903 · Yale vs. Columbia 25–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1903 · Yale at Army 17–5 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 1903 · Yale vs. Penn State 27–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1903 · Yale vs. Holy Cross 36–10 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1903 · Yale vs. Springfield 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1903 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 33–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1903 · Yale vs. Vermont 46–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1903 · Yale vs. Tufts 19–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1903 · Yale vs. Trinity (CT) 35–0 as holderdefendedNovember 22, 1902 · Yale vs. Harvard 23–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 23, 1901 · Yale at Harvard 0–22 as holderlost the beltNovember 16, 1901 · Yale vs. Princeton 12–0 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1901 · Yale vs. Orange A.C. 30–0 as holderdefendedNovember 2, 1901 · Yale vs. Army 5–5 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 26, 1901 · Yale vs. Columbia 10–5 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1901 · Yale vs. Bates 21–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1901 · Yale vs. Penn State 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1901 · Yale vs. Bowdoin 45–0 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1901 · Yale at Navy 24–0 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1901 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 24–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1901 · Yale vs. Tufts 29–5 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1901 · Yale vs. Amherst 6–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1901 · Yale vs. Trinity (CT) 23–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1900 · Yale vs. Harvard 28–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 18, 1899 · Yale vs. Harvard 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 19, 1898 · Yale vs. Harvard 0–17 as challengerlostNovember 30, 1893 · Yale at Princeton 0–6 as holderlost the beltNovember 25, 1893 · Yale vs. Harvard 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1893 · Yale vs. Pennsylvania 14–6 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 1893 · Yale at New York A.C. 42–0 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1893 · Yale at Army 28–0 as holderdefendedOctober 25, 1893 · Yale vs. Williams 82–0 as holderdefendedOctober 21, 1893 · Yale vs. Orange A.C. 50–0 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1893 · Yale vs. Amherst 46–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1893 · Yale vs. Dartmouth 28–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1893 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 16–0 as holderdefendedOctober 4, 1893 · Yale vs. Brown 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1892 · Yale vs. Princeton 12–0 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 1892 · Yale vs. Harvard 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1892 · Yale vs. Pennsylvania 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1892 · Yale at New York A.C. 48–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1892 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 72–0 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 1892 · Yale vs. Tufts 44–0 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1892 · Yale at Springfield 50–0 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1892 · Yale vs. Orange A.C. 58–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1892 · Yale vs. Amherst 29–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1892 · Yale at Manhattan A.C. 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1892 · Yale vs. Williams 32–0 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 1892 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 22–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1892 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 1891 · Yale vs. Princeton 19–0 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1891 · Yale vs. Harvard 10–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1891 · Yale vs. Pennsylvania 48–0 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1891 · Yale vs. Amherst 27–0 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 1891 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 76–0 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1891 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 70–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1891 · Yale vs. Lehigh 38–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1891 · Yale vs. Orange A.C. 36–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1891 · Yale vs. Springfield 28–0 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1891 · Yale vs. Williams 46–0 as holderdefendedOctober 7, 1891 · Yale at Trinity (CT) 36–0 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1891 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 26–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 1891 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 1890 · Yale vs. Princeton 32–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 28, 1889 · Yale at Princeton 0–10 as holderlost the beltNovember 23, 1889 · Yale vs. Harvard 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 20, 1889 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1889 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 52–0 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 1889 · Yale at Williams 70–0 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 1889 · Yale at Amherst 32–0 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1889 · Yale at Cornell 70–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1889 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 5–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1889 · Yale vs. Stevens 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 1889 · Yale at Pennsylvania 20–10 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 1889 · Yale at Columbia 62–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1889 · Yale at Trinity (CT) 64–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1889 · Yale vs. Amherst 42–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1889 · Yale vs. Cornell 56–6 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 1889 · Yale at Wesleyan (CT) 63–5 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1889 · Yale vs. Williams 36–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 28, 1889 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 38–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1888 · Yale vs. Princeton 10–0 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1888 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 105–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1888 · Yale vs. Amherst 70–0 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1888 · Yale at Crescent A.C. 28–0 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1888 · Yale vs. Pennsylvania 54–0 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1888 · Yale vs. Stevens 69–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1888 · Yale vs. MIT 68–0 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1888 · Yale at Williams 30–0 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 1888 · Yale at Amherst 39–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 1888 · Yale at Wesleyan (CT) 46–0 as holderdefendedOctober 13, 1888 · Yale at Pennsylvania 34–0 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1888 · Yale vs. Rutgers 65–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 1888 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 76–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1887 · Yale vs. Harvard 17–8 as challengertook the beltNovember 25, 1886 · Yale vs. Princeton 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 21, 1885 · Yale vs. Princeton 5–6 as holderlost the beltNovember 14, 1885 · Yale at Pennsylvania 53–5 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1885 · Yale vs. Crescent A.C. 52–0 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1885 · Yale at MIT 51–0 as holderdefendedOctober 28, 1885 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 71–0 as holderdefendedOctober 14, 1885 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 18–0 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1885 · Yale at Stevens 55–0 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 1884 · Yale vs. Princeton 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 22, 1884 · Yale vs. Harvard 52–0 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 1884 · Yale vs. Yale Alumni 18–0 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 1884 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 46–0 as holderdefendedOctober 25, 1884 · Yale at Dartmouth 113–0 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 1884 · Yale at Rutgers 76–10 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 1884 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 63–0 as holderdefendedOctober 11, 1884 · Yale vs. Stevens 96–0 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 1884 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 31–0 as holderdefendedNovember 29, 1883 · Yale vs. Harvard 23–2 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1883 · Yale vs. Princeton 6–0 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1883 · Yale vs. Michigan 64–0 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1883 · Yale at Columbia 93–0 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 1883 · Yale at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute 49–0 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 1883 · Yale vs. Rutgers 92–0 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1883 · Yale vs. Stevens 59–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 1883 · Yale at Wesleyan (CT) 94–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1883 · Yale vs. Wesleyan (CT) 60–0 as holderdefendedDecember 1, 1882 · Yale vs. Princeton 2–1 as holderdefendedNovember 25, 1882 · Yale at Harvard 1–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 24, 1881 · Yale vs. Princeton 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 25, 1880 · Yale vs. Princeton 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 27, 1879 · Yale vs. Princeton 0–0 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 28, 1878 · Yale at Princeton 0–1 as holderlost the beltNovember 23, 1878 · Yale at Harvard 1–0 as holderdefendedNovember 16, 1878 · Yale vs. Amherst 1–0 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 1878 · Yale vs. Trinity (CT) 3–0 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1878 · Yale vs. Trinity (CT) 2–0 as holderdefendedNovember 2, 1878 · Yale vs. Amherst 2–0 as holderdefendedDecember 8, 1877 · Yale vs. Princeton 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 24, 1877 · Yale at Stevens 13–0 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 1877 · Yale vs. Trinity (CT) 7–0 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1877 · Yale vs. Tufts 1–0 as holderdefendedDecember 9, 1876 · Yale at Columbia 2–0 as holderdefendedNovember 30, 1876 · Yale vs. Princeton 2–0 as challengertook the beltNovember 15, 1873 · Yale vs. Princeton 0–3 as challengerlost
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