Northwestern retains the belt after a 0–0 tie with Iowa.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Northwestern came in 14 days into reign #77, which began with a win over Notre Dame, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Northwestern went on to defend it 7 more times before Notre Dame took it on November 21, 1936, 378 days after the reign began.
For Iowa this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
It was the first of 3 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1–1. Every meeting →
About this game
Northwestern visited Iowa on November 23, 1935, in a regular season matchup that ended in a 0-0 tie. Under the site's tie rule, the belt holder retains possession on a tie, so Northwestern successfully defended the 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 20751) · This game in the downloadable dataset