Ohio State defends the belt, 25–20, at home over Michigan State.
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Where this game sits in the lineage
Ohio State came in 21 days into reign #139, which began with a win over Purdue, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Ohio State went on to defend it 12 more times before Michigan took it on November 22, 1969, 406 days after the reign began.
For Michigan State this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the first of 6 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Ohio State leads 6–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Ohio State defended the belt at home against Michigan State on November 2, 1968, winning 25-20 to retain the championship.
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 40926) · This game in the downloadable dataset