Washington State defends the belt, 26–0, at home over Idaho.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington State came in 14 days into reign #87, which began with a win over Oregon State, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Washington State went on to defend it 2 more times before Texas A&M took it on December 6, 1941, 42 days after the reign began.
For Idaho this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Idaho and Washington State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Washington State defeated Idaho 26-0 on November 8, 1941, in a regular season matchup. As the belt's defending holder, Washington State retained the championship 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 24689) · This game in the downloadable dataset