Carnegie Mellon defends the belt, 25–0, on the road at Westminster (Pennsylvania).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Carnegie Mellon came in 301 days into reign #56, which began with a win over Notre Dame, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Carnegie Mellon went on to defend it 2 more times before Washington & Jefferson took it on October 15, 1927, 322 days after the reign began.
For Westminster (Pennsylvania) 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 Carnegie Mellon and Westminster (Pennsylvania) have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Carnegie Mellon visited Westminster (Pennsylvania) on September 24, 1927, in week 2 of the regular season. Westminster won 25-0. Carnegie Mellon entered as the belt holder and retained it 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 15127) · This game in the downloadable dataset