Michigan defends the belt, 34–0, at home over Case.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan came in 322 days into reign #40, which began with a win over Syracuse, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Michigan went on to defend it 1 more time before Ohio State took it on October 25, 1919, 343 days after the reign began.
For Case this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Case and Michigan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Michigan, the defending belt holder, defeated Case 34-0 on October 4, 1919. With the victory, Michigan retained the college football belt.
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 10592) · This game in the downloadable dataset