Wisconsin defends the belt, 35–0, at home over Minnesota.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Wisconsin came in 350 days into reign #43, which began with a win over Illinois, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Wisconsin went on to defend it 1 more time before Chicago took it on November 19, 1921, 371 days after the reign began.
For Minnesota this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Minnesota and Wisconsin have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 35-0 on October 29, 1921, in a regular season matchup. As the belt's defending holder, Wisconsin retained the championship with the victory.
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 11931) · This game in the downloadable dataset