Wisconsin defends the belt, 27–0, on the road at Northwestern.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Wisconsin came in 336 days into reign #43, which began with a win over Illinois, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Wisconsin went on to defend it 3 more times before Chicago took it on November 19, 1921, 371 days after the reign began.
For Northwestern this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 3 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Northwestern leads 2–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Wisconsin traveled to Northwestern on October 15, 1921, as the defending belt holder. Northwestern won 27-0, but Wisconsin 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 11820) · This game in the downloadable dataset