Carnegie Mellon defends the belt, 40–0, at home over Thiel.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Carnegie Mellon came in 308 days into reign #56, which began with a win over Notre Dame, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Carnegie Mellon went on to defend it 1 more time before Washington & Jefferson took it on October 15, 1927, 322 days after the reign began.
For Thiel this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Carnegie Mellon and Thiel have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Carnegie Mellon defeated visiting Thiel 40-0 on October 1, 1927, in week 3 of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Carnegie Mellon kept 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 15188) · This game in the downloadable dataset