Washington State defends the belt, 59–0, on the road at Gonzaga.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington State came in 28 days into reign #87, which began with a win over Oregon State, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. It was the last defense: Texas A&M took the belt in the very next belt game, on December 6, 1941.
For Gonzaga this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Gonzaga and Washington State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Washington State traveled to Gonzaga on November 22, 1941, in week 10 of the regular season. Washington State won 59-0 and retained the College Football 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 24809) · This game in the downloadable dataset