West Virginia Wesleyan defends the belt, 24–7, at home over Kentucky.
Where this game sits in the lineage
West Virginia Wesleyan came in 28 days into reign #49, which began with a win over Syracuse, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. West Virginia Wesleyan went on to defend it 4 more times before Lehigh took it on October 17, 1925, 343 days after the reign began.
For Kentucky this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Kentucky and West Virginia Wesleyan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
West Virginia Wesleyan defeated visiting Kentucky 24-7 on December 6, 1924, in week 12 of the regular season. The home team's victory allowed West Virginia Wesleyan to retain the College Football Belt.
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 13976) · This game in the downloadable dataset