Washington & Jefferson defends the belt, 19–3, on the road at Bucknell.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington & Jefferson came in 28 days into reign #57, which began with a win over Carnegie Mellon, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Washington & Jefferson went on to defend it 3 more times before Duquesne took it on October 13, 1928, 364 days after the reign began.
For Bucknell this was its 6th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Bucknell and Washington & Jefferson have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Washington & Jefferson traveled to face Bucknell on November 12, 1927, in week 9 of the regular season. Washington & Jefferson won 19-3, retaining 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 15585) · This game in the downloadable dataset