Wisconsin retains the belt after a 7–7 tie with Michigan.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Wisconsin came in 364 days into reign #43, which began with a win over Illinois, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: Chicago took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 19, 1921.
For Michigan this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Wisconsin leads 1–0–1.
About this game
Wisconsin traveled to Michigan on November 12, 1921, and the teams played to a 7-7 tie. Under the belt's tie rule, the holder retains the belt, so Wisconsin successfully defended it.
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 12022) · This game in the downloadable dataset