Wisconsin defends the belt, 20–0, on the road at Illinois.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Wisconsin came in 343 days into reign #43, which began with a win over Illinois, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Wisconsin went on to defend it 2 more times before Chicago took it on November 19, 1921, 371 days after the reign began.
For Illinois this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, Wisconsin led the belt series 1–0; all-time Wisconsin leads 2–0.
About this game
Wisconsin defended the college football belt on October 22, 1921, defeating Illinois 20-0 in a regular season matchup. The victory allowed Wisconsin to retain possession of 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 11878) · This game in the downloadable dataset