Washington & Jefferson defends the belt, 24–0, at home over Bethany (WV).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington & Jefferson came in 350 days into reign #57, which began with a win over Carnegie Mellon, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Washington & Jefferson went on to defend it 1 more time before Duquesne took it on October 13, 1928, 364 days after the reign began.
For Bethany (WV) this was its 2nd 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 Bethany (WV) and Washington & Jefferson have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Washington & Jefferson defeated visiting Bethany (WV) 24-0 on September 29, 1928. The victory allowed Washington & Jefferson to retain 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 15746) · This game in the downloadable dataset