Michigan defends the belt, 14–0, at home over Ohio State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan came in 14 days into reign #40, which began with a win over Syracuse, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Michigan went on to defend it 2 more times before Ohio State took it on October 25, 1919, 343 days after the reign began.
For Ohio State this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 11 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Ohio State leads 8–3. Every meeting →
About this game
On November 30, 1918, Michigan defeated Ohio State 14-0 at home. Michigan was defending the college football belt and successfully retained it with the victory.
Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.
Sources Game record: College Football Data (id 10508) · This game in the downloadable dataset