Pittsburgh defends the belt, 14–0, at home over Waynesburg.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pittsburgh came in 315 days into reign #75, which began with a win over Navy, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Pittsburgh went on to defend it 2 more times before Notre Dame took it on October 19, 1935, 336 days after the reign began.
For Waynesburg this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 3 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Pittsburgh and Waynesburg have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Pittsburgh defeated visiting Waynesburg 14-0 on September 28, 1935, in a regular season matchup. As the defending belt holder, Pittsburgh retained the belt with the victory.
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 20220) · This game in the downloadable dataset