Wisconsin defends the belt, 28–0, at home over Lawrence.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Wisconsin came in 322 days into reign #43, which began with a win over Illinois, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Wisconsin went on to defend it 5 more times before Chicago took it on November 19, 1921, 371 days after the reign began.
For Lawrence this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Lawrence and Wisconsin have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Wisconsin defended the belt on October 1, 1921, defeating Lawrence 28-0 at home in week 3 of the regular season. The victory allowed Wisconsin to retain the lineal 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 11688) · This game in the downloadable dataset