Navy defends the belt, 36–7, at home over Wisconsin.
AP poll, week 8: Wisconsin unranked at Navy No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Army. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy came in 42 days into reign #94, which began with a win over Duke, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. It was the last defense: Army took the belt in the very next belt game, on December 1, 1945.
For Wisconsin this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Navy and Wisconsin have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Navy defeated Wisconsin 36-7 on November 17, 1945, in a regular season matchup. As the belt's defending holder, Navy retained the lineal 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 26871) · This game in the downloadable dataset