Duquesne takes the belt, 12–6, on the road at Washington & Jefferson.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Duquesne took the belt here, ending Washington & Jefferson’s run of 364 days and 7 defenses (reign #57) and starting reign #58. It lasted 14 days and 1 defense, until Geneva took it on October 27, 1928.
For Duquesne this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Duquesne and Washington & Jefferson have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 13, 1928, Duquesne defeated Washington & Jefferson 12-6 in week 6 of the regular season. With this road victory, Duquesne took the College Football Belt from Washington & Jefferson.
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 15850) · This game in the downloadable dataset