Illinois defends the belt, 17–7, at home over Minnesota.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Illinois came in 343 days into reign #42, which began with a win over Ohio State, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Illinois went on to defend it 1 more time before Wisconsin took it on November 13, 1920, 357 days after the reign began.
For Minnesota this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Illinois and Minnesota have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Illinois defended the Belt at home against Minnesota on October 30, 1920, winning 17-7 to retain the championship.
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 11356) · This game in the downloadable dataset