Wisconsin takes the belt, 14–9, at home over Illinois.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Wisconsin took the belt here, ending Illinois’ run of 357 days and 5 defenses (reign #42) and starting reign #43. It lasted 371 days and 7 defenses, until Chicago took it on November 19, 1921.
For Wisconsin this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Wisconsin leads 2–0.
About this game
Wisconsin defeated Illinois 14-9 on November 13, 1920, in the eighth week of the regular season. With the victory, Wisconsin took possession of the College Football Belt from Illinois.
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 11497) · This game in the downloadable dataset