Ohio State defends the belt, 20–0, at home over Purdue.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Ohio State came in 14 days into reign #41, which began with a win over Michigan, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Ohio State went on to defend it 1 more time before Illinois took it on November 22, 1919, 28 days after the reign began.
For Purdue this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 5 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Ohio State leads 4–1. Every meeting →
About this game
On November 8, 1919, Ohio State defeated Purdue 20-0 at home in a regular season matchup. Ohio State was the belt holder coming into the game and successfully defended 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 10898) · This game in the downloadable dataset