Illinois defends the belt, 3–0, on the road at Chicago.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Illinois came in 350 days into reign #42, which began with a win over Ohio State, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. It was the last defense: Wisconsin took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 13, 1920.
For Chicago this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Chicago and Illinois have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Illinois traveled to Chicago on November 6, 1920, for a regular season matchup in week 7. Chicago defeated Illinois 3-0, but Illinois retained the Belt as the defending champion.
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 11408) · This game in the downloadable dataset