Penn State defends the belt, 48–6, at home over Marietta.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Penn State came in 7 days into reign #54, which began with a win over Lebanon Valley, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Notre Dame took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 16, 1926.
For Marietta this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Marietta and Penn State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Penn State defeated visiting Marietta 48-6 on October 9, 1926 in week 4 of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Penn State 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 14746) · This game in the downloadable dataset