Bucknell defends the belt, 27–6, on the road at Penn State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Bucknell came in 7 days into reign #62, which began with a win over Villanova, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Fordham took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 23, 1929.
For Penn State this was its 11th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Bucknell and Penn State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Bucknell traveled to Penn State on November 16, 1929, in week 9 of the regular season. Penn State won the game 27-6, but Bucknell retained the belt as the defending champion.
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 16694) · This game in the downloadable dataset