Washington & Jefferson retains the belt after a 6–6 tie with West Virginia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington & Jefferson came in 40 days into reign #57, which began with a win over Carnegie Mellon, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Washington & Jefferson went on to defend it 2 more times before Duquesne took it on October 13, 1928, 364 days after the reign began.
For West Virginia this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
This is the only time Washington & Jefferson and West Virginia have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
West Virginia visited Washington & Jefferson on November 24, 1927, in a regular season matchup that ended 6-6. Under the site's tie rule, the belt holder retains possession on a tie, so Washington & Jefferson successfully defended the 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 15653) · This game in the downloadable dataset