Michigan defends the belt, 26–0, at home over Michigan State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan came in 336 days into reign #40, which began with a win over Syracuse, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. It was the last defense: Ohio State took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 25, 1919.
For Michigan State this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 2nd of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Michigan led the belt series 1–0; all-time Michigan leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Michigan State visited Michigan on October 18, 1919, in a regular season matchup. Michigan won 26-0, with the home team's victory allowing them to retain 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 10721) · This game in the downloadable dataset