Villanova defends the belt, 58–12, at home over Duke.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova came in 343 days into reign #61, which began with a win over Grove City, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Villanova went on to defend it 1 more time before Bucknell took it on November 9, 1929, 357 days after the reign began.
For Duke this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Duke and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova defeated Duke 58-12 on October 26, 1929, in a regular season matchup. The victory allowed Villanova 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 16574) · This game in the downloadable dataset