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Every Belt Game (FCS)

Every game with the belt on the line since Villanova beat Hampton on August 28, 2003 — 273 of them: 61 title changes and 212 successful defenses, across 36 programs. Only games between two FCS-conference members count, judged by the conference each side was in that season. Division I-AA dates from 1978, but the data source has almost no I-AA results before 2003, so that is where this belt begins. Type a team name to filter; tap any game to open its page.

Combined (No Restriction)FBS OnlyFCS Only
273Total Games
61Title Changes
212Defenses
#DateMatchupScoreResult
1 August 28, 2003 Hampton at Villanova 6–41 Belt established: Villanova
2 September 13, 2003 Villanova at New Hampshire 48–14 Defended · #1
3 September 27, 2003 Northeastern at Villanova 7–28 Defended · #2
4 October 4, 2003 James Madison at Villanova 14–38 Defended · #3
5 October 11, 2003 Villanova at Rhode Island 21–17 Defended · #4
6 October 25, 2003 Massachusetts at Villanova 19–14 New champion: Massachusetts
7 November 1, 2003 Northeastern vs. Massachusetts 24–28 Defended · #1
8 November 8, 2003 Richmond vs. Massachusetts 17–30 Defended · #2
9 November 15, 2003 Massachusetts at Delaware 45–51 New champion: Delaware
10 November 22, 2003 Delaware at Villanova 20–17 Defended · #1
11 September 2, 2004 New Hampshire vs. Delaware 24–21 New champion: New Hampshire
12 September 18, 2004 William & Mary vs. New Hampshire 9–7 New champion: William & Mary
13 September 25, 2004 VMI at William & Mary 6–42 Defended · #1
14 October 2, 2004 Northeastern at William & Mary 35–38 Defended · #2
15 October 9, 2004 William & Mary at Liberty 37–17 Defended · #3
16 October 16, 2004 Rhode Island at William & Mary 24–31 Defended · #4
17 October 23, 2004 William & Mary vs. Delaware 28–31 New champion: Delaware
18 November 6, 2004 Delaware at James Madison 13–20 New champion: James Madison
19 November 13, 2004 William & Mary at James Madison 27–24 New champion: William & Mary
20 November 20, 2004 Richmond at William & Mary 14–38 Defended · #1
21 November 27, 2004 Hampton at William & Mary 35–42 Defended · #2
22 September 10, 2005 William & Mary at VMI 41–7 Defended · #3
23 September 17, 2005 William & Mary at Rhode Island 29–48 New champion: Rhode Island
24 October 1, 2005 Rhode Island at Brown 35–45 New champion: Brown
25 October 8, 2005 Fordham at Brown 14–37 Defended · #1
26 October 15, 2005 Princeton at Brown 28–31 Defended · #2
27 October 22, 2005 Brown at Cornell 38–24 Defended · #3
28 October 29, 2005 Pennsylvania at Brown 20–34 Defended · #4
29 November 5, 2005 Brown at Yale 38–21 Defended · #5
30 November 12, 2005 Dartmouth at Brown 14–24 Defended · #6
31 November 19, 2005 Brown at Columbia 52–21 Defended · #7
32 September 16, 2006 Georgetown at Brown 21–34 Defended · #8
33 September 23, 2006 Harvard at Brown 38–21 New champion: Harvard
34 September 30, 2006 Harvard at Lehigh 35–33 Defended · #1
35 October 7, 2006 Cornell at Harvard 23–33 Defended · #2
36 October 14, 2006 Lafayette at Harvard 7–24 Defended · #3
37 October 28, 2006 Harvard at Dartmouth 28–0 Defended · #4
38 November 4, 2006 Columbia at Harvard 7–24 Defended · #5
39 November 11, 2006 Harvard at Pennsylvania 13–22 New champion: Pennsylvania
40 November 18, 2006 Pennsylvania at Cornell 27–28 New champion: Cornell
41 September 15, 2007 Bucknell at Cornell 14–38 Defended · #1
42 September 22, 2007 Cornell at Yale 12–51 New champion: Yale
43 September 29, 2007 Yale at Holy Cross 38–17 Defended · #1
44 October 6, 2007 Dartmouth at Yale 10–50 Defended · #2
45 October 13, 2007 Lehigh at Yale 7–23 Defended · #3
46 October 20, 2007 Yale at Pennsylvania 26–20 Defended · #4
47 October 27, 2007 Yale at Columbia 28–7 Defended · #5
48 November 3, 2007 Brown at Yale 7–17 Defended · #6
49 November 10, 2007 Yale at Princeton 27–6 Defended · #7
50 November 17, 2007 Harvard at Yale 37–6 New champion: Harvard
51 September 19, 2008 Holy Cross at Harvard 24–25 Defended · #1
52 September 27, 2008 Harvard at Brown 22–24 New champion: Brown
53 October 4, 2008 Brown at Rhode Island 13–37 New champion: Rhode Island
54 October 11, 2008 Rhode Island at Towson 32–37 New champion: Towson
55 October 25, 2008 Towson at New Hampshire 14–42 New champion: New Hampshire
56 November 1, 2008 Hofstra at New Hampshire 25–45 Defended · #1
57 November 8, 2008 New Hampshire at Villanova 13–24 New champion: Villanova
58 November 15, 2008 Towson at Villanova 31–34 Defended · #1
59 November 22, 2008 Villanova at Delaware 21–7 Defended · #2
60 November 29, 2008 Colgate at Villanova 28–55 Defended · #3
61 September 12, 2009 Lehigh at Villanova 17–38 Defended · #4
62 September 19, 2009 Villanova at Pennsylvania 14–3 Defended · #5
63 September 26, 2009 Northeastern at Villanova 7–56 Defended · #6
64 October 3, 2009 William & Mary at Villanova 17–28 Defended · #7
65 October 10, 2009 Villanova at New Hampshire 24–28 New champion: New Hampshire
66 October 17, 2009 New Hampshire vs. Massachusetts 17–23 New champion: Massachusetts
67 October 24, 2009 Massachusetts vs. Richmond 12–34 New champion: Richmond
68 October 31, 2009 Richmond at Towson 42–14 Defended · #1
69 November 7, 2009 Villanova vs. Richmond 21–20 New champion: Villanova
70 November 14, 2009 Villanova at Towson 49–7 Defended · #1
71 November 21, 2009 Delaware at Villanova 12–30 Defended · #2
72 November 28, 2009 Holy Cross at Villanova 28–38 Defended · #3
73 December 5, 2009 New Hampshire at Villanova 7–46 Defended · #4
74 September 11, 2010 Villanova at Lehigh 35–0 Defended · #5
75 September 25, 2010 Pennsylvania at Villanova 10–22 Defended · #6
76 October 2, 2010 Villanova at William & Mary 24–31 New champion: William & Mary
77 October 23, 2010 Delaware at William & Mary 16–17 Defended · #1
78 November 6, 2010 William & Mary at New Hampshire 13–3 Defended · #2
79 November 13, 2010 William & Mary at James Madison 24–30 New champion: James Madison
80 November 20, 2010 James Madison at Maine 14–10 Defended · #1
81 September 10, 2011 Central Connecticut at James Madison 9–14 Defended · #2
82 September 17, 2011 James Madison at Liberty 27–24 Defended · #3
83 September 24, 2011 James Madison at William & Mary 20–14 Defended · #4
84 October 1, 2011 Richmond at James Madison 7–31 Defended · #5
85 October 8, 2011 Maine at James Madison 25–24 New champion: Maine
86 October 15, 2011 Rhode Island at Maine 21–27 Defended · #1
87 October 22, 2011 Maine at Richmond 23–22 Defended · #2
88 October 29, 2011 Maine at Villanova 41–25 Defended · #3
89 November 5, 2011 Towson at Maine 40–30 New champion: Towson
90 November 12, 2011 New Hampshire at Towson 42–56 Defended · #1
91 November 19, 2011 Towson at Rhode Island 28–17 Defended · #2
92 December 3, 2011 Lehigh vs. Towson 40–38 New champion: Lehigh
93 September 1, 2012 Monmouth at Lehigh 17–27 Defended · #1
94 September 8, 2012 Lehigh at Central Connecticut 35–14 Defended · #2
95 September 15, 2012 Princeton at Lehigh 14–17 Defended · #3
96 September 22, 2012 Lehigh at Liberty 28–26 Defended · #4
97 September 29, 2012 Fordham at Lehigh 31–34 Defended · #5
98 October 6, 2012 Columbia at Lehigh 14–35 Defended · #6
99 October 13, 2012 Lehigh at Georgetown 17–14 Defended · #7
100 October 20, 2012 Bucknell at Lehigh 19–42 Defended · #8
101 November 3, 2012 Lehigh at Holy Cross 36–35 Defended · #9
102 November 10, 2012 Colgate at Lehigh 35–24 New champion: Colgate
103 November 17, 2012 Colgate vs. Fordham 41–39 Defended · #1
104 November 24, 2012 Colgate at Wagner 20–31 New champion: Wagner
105 December 1, 2012 Wagner at Eastern Washington 19–29 New champion: Eastern Washington
106 September 28, 2013 Eastern Washington at Sam Houston 34–49 New champion: Sam Houston
107 October 12, 2013 Lamar at Sam Houston 3–14 Defended · #1
108 October 19, 2013 Sam Houston at McNeese 23–31 New champion: McNeese
109 October 26, 2013 McNeese at Nicholls 55–30 Defended · #1
110 November 2, 2013 SE Louisiana at McNeese 41–7 New champion: SE Louisiana
111 November 9, 2013 SE Louisiana at Central Arkansas 58–31 Defended · #1
112 November 16, 2013 Sam Houston at SE Louisiana 21–34 Defended · #2
113 November 21, 2013 Nicholls at SE Louisiana 27–52 Defended · #3
114 August 30, 2014 Jacksonville at SE Louisiana 3–44 Defended · #4
115 September 6, 2014 Southern Utah at SE Louisiana 14–41 Defended · #5
116 September 20, 2014 SE Louisiana vs. Southeast Missouri State 23–24 New champion: Southeast Missouri State
117 September 27, 2014 Southeast Missouri State at UT Martin 31–27 Defended · #1
118 October 4, 2014 Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri State 21–28 Defended · #2
119 October 11, 2014 Southeast Missouri State at Murray State 41–44 New champion: Murray State
120 October 18, 2014 Murray State at Austin Peay 13–20 New champion: Austin Peay
121 October 25, 2014 Austin Peay at UT Martin 7–37 New champion: UT Martin
122 November 1, 2014 UT Martin at Murray State 62–38 Defended · #1
123 November 22, 2014 UT Martin at Eastern Illinois 37–16 Defended · #2
124 September 26, 2015 Jacksonville State at UT Martin 48–41 New champion: Jacksonville State
125 October 3, 2015 Mississippi Valley State at Jacksonville State 7–49 Defended · #1
126 October 17, 2015 Jacksonville State at Tennessee Tech 42–13 Defended · #2
127 October 24, 2015 Jacksonville State at Austin Peay 27–7 Defended · #3
128 October 31, 2015 Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State 0–34 Defended · #4
129 November 7, 2015 Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois 24–3 Defended · #5
130 November 14, 2015 Southeast Missouri State at Jacksonville State 28–56 Defended · #6
131 November 21, 2015 Murray State at Jacksonville State 20–42 Defended · #7
132 December 5, 2015 Chattanooga at Jacksonville State 35–41 Defended · #8
133 December 11, 2015 Charleston Southern at Jacksonville State 38–58 Defended · #9
134 December 19, 2015 Sam Houston at Jacksonville State 10–62 Defended · #10
135 January 9, 2016 Jacksonville State vs. North Dakota State 10–37 New champion: North Dakota State
136 August 27, 2016 Charleston Southern at North Dakota State 17–24 Defended · #1
137 September 10, 2016 Eastern Washington at North Dakota State 44–50 Defended · #2
138 October 1, 2016 Illinois State at North Dakota State 10–31 Defended · #3
139 October 8, 2016 North Dakota State at Missouri State 27–3 Defended · #4
140 October 15, 2016 South Dakota State at North Dakota State 19–17 New champion: South Dakota State
141 October 22, 2016 Youngstown State at South Dakota State 10–24 Defended · #1
142 October 29, 2016 South Dakota State at Illinois State 21–38 New champion: Illinois State
143 November 5, 2016 Illinois State at Western Illinois 31–26 Defended · #1
144 November 12, 2016 Missouri State at Illinois State 0–37 Defended · #2
145 November 26, 2016 Illinois State at Central Arkansas 24–31 New champion: Central Arkansas
146 December 3, 2016 Central Arkansas at Eastern Washington 14–31 New champion: Eastern Washington
147 December 10, 2016 Richmond at Eastern Washington 0–38 Defended · #1
148 December 17, 2016 Youngstown State at Eastern Washington 40–38 New champion: Youngstown State
149 January 7, 2017 Youngstown State vs. James Madison 14–28 New champion: James Madison
150 September 9, 2017 East Tennessee State at James Madison 10–52 Defended · #1
151 September 16, 2017 Norfolk State at James Madison 14–75 Defended · #2
152 September 23, 2017 Maine at James Madison 10–28 Defended · #3
153 September 30, 2017 James Madison at Delaware 20–10 Defended · #4
154 October 14, 2017 Villanova at James Madison 8–30 Defended · #5
155 October 21, 2017 James Madison at William & Mary 46–14 Defended · #6
156 October 28, 2017 New Hampshire at James Madison 0–21 Defended · #7
157 November 4, 2017 James Madison at Rhode Island 38–3 Defended · #8
158 November 11, 2017 Richmond at James Madison 13–20 Defended · #9
159 November 18, 2017 James Madison at Elon 31–3 Defended · #10
160 December 2, 2017 Stony Brook at James Madison 7–26 Defended · #11
161 December 8, 2017 Weber State at James Madison 28–31 Defended · #12
162 December 16, 2017 South Dakota State at James Madison 16–51 Defended · #13
163 January 6, 2018 North Dakota State vs. James Madison 17–13 New champion: North Dakota State
164 September 1, 2018 Cal Poly at North Dakota State 3–49 Defended · #1
165 September 15, 2018 North Alabama at North Dakota State 7–38 Defended · #2
166 September 22, 2018 Delaware at North Dakota State 10–38 Defended · #3
167 September 29, 2018 South Dakota State at North Dakota State 17–21 Defended · #4
168 October 6, 2018 North Dakota State at Northern Iowa 56–31 Defended · #5
169 October 13, 2018 North Dakota State at Western Illinois 34–7 Defended · #6
170 October 20, 2018 Illinois State at North Dakota State 14–28 Defended · #7
171 October 27, 2018 North Dakota State at South Dakota 59–14 Defended · #8
172 November 3, 2018 Youngstown State at North Dakota State 7–17 Defended · #9
173 November 10, 2018 North Dakota State at Missouri State 48–7 Defended · #10
174 November 17, 2018 Southern Illinois at North Dakota State 17–65 Defended · #11
175 December 1, 2018 Montana State at North Dakota State 10–52 Defended · #12
176 December 8, 2018 Colgate at North Dakota State 0–35 Defended · #13
177 December 14, 2018 South Dakota State at North Dakota State 21–44 Defended · #14
178 January 5, 2019 Eastern Washington vs. North Dakota State 24–38 Defended · #15
179 August 31, 2019 Butler at North Dakota State 10–57 Defended · #16
180 September 7, 2019 North Dakota at North Dakota State 7–38 Defended · #17
181 September 14, 2019 North Dakota State at Delaware 47–22 Defended · #18
182 September 21, 2019 UC Davis at North Dakota State 16–27 Defended · #19
183 October 5, 2019 North Dakota State at Illinois State 37–3 Defended · #20
184 October 12, 2019 Northern Iowa at North Dakota State 14–46 Defended · #21
185 October 19, 2019 Missouri State at North Dakota State 0–22 Defended · #22
186 October 26, 2019 North Dakota State at South Dakota State 23–16 Defended · #23
187 November 2, 2019 North Dakota State at Youngstown State 56–17 Defended · #24
188 November 9, 2019 Western Illinois at North Dakota State 21–57 Defended · #25
189 November 16, 2019 South Dakota at North Dakota State 14–49 Defended · #26
190 November 23, 2019 North Dakota State at Southern Illinois 21–7 Defended · #27
191 December 7, 2019 Nicholls at North Dakota State 13–37 Defended · #28
192 December 14, 2019 Illinois State at North Dakota State 3–9 Defended · #29
193 December 21, 2019 Montana State at North Dakota State 14–42 Defended · #30
194 January 11, 2020 James Madison vs. North Dakota State 20–28 Defended · #31
195 October 3, 2020 Central Arkansas at North Dakota State 28–39 Defended · #32
196 September 4, 2021 UAlbany at North Dakota State 6–28 Defended · #33
197 September 11, 2021 Valparaiso at North Dakota State 0–64 Defended · #34
198 September 18, 2021 North Dakota State at Towson 35–7 Defended · #35
199 October 2, 2021 North Dakota State at North Dakota 16–10 Defended · #36
200 October 9, 2021 Northern Iowa at North Dakota State 20–34 Defended · #37
201 October 16, 2021 North Dakota State at Illinois State 20–0 Defended · #38
202 October 23, 2021 Missouri State at North Dakota State 20–27 Defended · #39
203 October 30, 2021 Indiana State at North Dakota State 2–44 Defended · #40
204 November 6, 2021 North Dakota State at South Dakota State 19–27 New champion: South Dakota State
205 November 13, 2021 South Dakota State at South Dakota 20–23 New champion: South Dakota
206 November 20, 2021 South Dakota at North Dakota State 24–52 New champion: North Dakota State
207 December 4, 2021 Southern Illinois at North Dakota State 7–38 Defended · #1
208 December 11, 2021 East Tennessee State at North Dakota State 3–27 Defended · #2
209 December 17, 2021 James Madison at North Dakota State 14–20 Defended · #3
210 January 8, 2022 Montana State vs. North Dakota State 10–38 Defended · #4
211 September 3, 2022 Drake at North Dakota State 14–56 Defended · #5
212 September 10, 2022 North Carolina A&T at North Dakota State 3–43 Defended · #6
213 September 24, 2022 North Dakota State at South Dakota 34–17 Defended · #7
214 October 1, 2022 Youngstown State at North Dakota State 14–27 Defended · #8
215 October 8, 2022 North Dakota State at Indiana State 31–26 Defended · #9
216 October 15, 2022 South Dakota State at North Dakota State 23–21 New champion: South Dakota State
217 October 22, 2022 South Dakota State at North Dakota 49–35 Defended · #1
218 October 29, 2022 Indiana State at South Dakota State 7–49 Defended · #2
219 November 5, 2022 South Dakota State at Northern Iowa 31–28 Defended · #3
220 November 12, 2022 Illinois State at South Dakota State 7–31 Defended · #4
221 December 3, 2022 Delaware at South Dakota State 6–42 Defended · #5
222 December 10, 2022 Holy Cross at South Dakota State 21–41 Defended · #6
223 December 17, 2022 Montana State at South Dakota State 18–39 Defended · #7
224 January 8, 2023 North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State 21–45 Defended · #8
225 September 9, 2023 Montana State at South Dakota State 16–20 Defended · #9
226 September 16, 2023 Drake vs. South Dakota State 7–70 Defended · #10
227 September 30, 2023 North Dakota at South Dakota State 21–42 Defended · #11
228 October 7, 2023 South Dakota State at Illinois State 40–21 Defended · #12
229 October 14, 2023 Northern Iowa at South Dakota State 6–41 Defended · #13
230 October 21, 2023 South Dakota State at Southern Illinois 17–10 Defended · #14
231 October 28, 2023 South Dakota State at South Dakota 37–3 Defended · #15
232 November 4, 2023 North Dakota State at South Dakota State 16–33 Defended · #16
233 November 11, 2023 South Dakota State at Youngstown State 34–0 Defended · #17
234 November 18, 2023 Missouri State at South Dakota State 17–35 Defended · #18
235 December 2, 2023 Mercer at South Dakota State 0–41 Defended · #19
236 December 9, 2023 Villanova at South Dakota State 12–23 Defended · #20
237 December 15, 2023 UAlbany at South Dakota State 0–59 Defended · #21
238 January 7, 2024 Montana vs. South Dakota State 3–23 Defended · #22
239 September 7, 2024 Incarnate Word at South Dakota State 24–45 Defended · #23
240 September 21, 2024 South Dakota State at SE Louisiana 41–0 Defended · #24
241 October 5, 2024 South Dakota State at Northern Iowa 41–3 Defended · #25
242 October 12, 2024 Youngstown State at South Dakota State 13–63 Defended · #26
243 October 19, 2024 South Dakota State at North Dakota State 9–13 New champion: North Dakota State
244 October 26, 2024 North Dakota State at Murray State 59–6 Defended · #1
245 November 2, 2024 Northern Iowa at North Dakota State 19–42 Defended · #2
246 November 16, 2024 Missouri State at North Dakota State 21–59 Defended · #3
247 November 23, 2024 North Dakota State at South Dakota 28–29 New champion: South Dakota
248 December 7, 2024 Tarleton State at South Dakota 31–42 Defended · #1
249 December 14, 2024 UC Davis at South Dakota 21–35 Defended · #2
250 December 21, 2024 South Dakota at Montana State 17–31 New champion: Montana State
251 January 6, 2025 North Dakota State vs. Montana State 35–32 New champion: North Dakota State
252 August 30, 2025 North Dakota State at The Citadel 38–0 Defended · #1
253 September 27, 2025 South Dakota at North Dakota State 13–51 Defended · #2
254 October 4, 2025 North Dakota State at Illinois State 33–16 Defended · #3
255 October 11, 2025 Southern Illinois at North Dakota State 17–45 Defended · #4
256 October 18, 2025 North Dakota State at Indiana State 38–7 Defended · #5
257 October 25, 2025 North Dakota State at South Dakota State 38–7 Defended · #6
258 November 1, 2025 Youngstown State at North Dakota State 30–38 Defended · #7
259 November 8, 2025 North Dakota State at North Dakota 15–10 Defended · #8
260 November 15, 2025 Northern Iowa at North Dakota State 16–48 Defended · #9
261 November 22, 2025 St. Thomas (MN) at North Dakota State 7–62 Defended · #10
262 December 6, 2025 Illinois State at North Dakota State 29–28 New champion: Illinois State
263 December 13, 2025 Illinois State at UC Davis 42–31 Defended · #1
264 December 20, 2025 Illinois State at Villanova 30–14 Defended · #2
265 January 5, 2026 Illinois State vs. Montana State 34–35 New champion: Montana State
266 August 29, 2026 Montana State at Utah Tech 54–0 Defended · #1
267 September 5, 2026 Butler at Montana State 24–51 Defended · #2
268 September 19, 2026 Central Connecticut at Montana State 30–35 Defended · #3
269 September 26, 2026 Northern Arizona at Montana State 14–28 Defended · #4
270 October 2, 2026 Montana State at Idaho 34–35 New champion: Idaho
271 October 10, 2026 Idaho at Weber State 27–38 New champion: Weber State
272 October 17, 2026 Idaho State at Weber State 20–27 Defended · #1
273 October 24, 2026 Weber State at Montana State 33–38 New champion: Montana State

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