Pittsburgh defends the belt, 24–6, at home over West Virginia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Pittsburgh came in 329 days into reign #75, which began with a win over Navy, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. It was the last defense: Notre Dame took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 19, 1935.
For West Virginia this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Pittsburgh and West Virginia have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Pittsburgh hosted West Virginia on October 12, 1935, in a regular season matchup. Pittsburgh won 24-6, successfully defending the College Football Belt against the visiting Mountaineers.
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 20375) · This game in the downloadable dataset