Ohio State defends the belt, 42–14, at home over Purdue.
AP poll, week 10: Purdue No. 17 at Ohio State No. 1 · No. 1 that week: Penn State. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Ohio State came in 399 days into reign #139, which began with a win over Purdue, with 14 defenses already behind it; this was its 15th defense. It was the last defense: Michigan took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 22, 1969.
For Purdue this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the 3rd of 5 belt games between the two; going in, Ohio State led the belt series 2–0; all-time Ohio State leads 4–1. Every meeting →
About this game
On November 15, 1969, Ohio State defeated visiting Purdue 42-14 in a regular season matchup. The belt-holding Buckeyes successfully defended their title 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 41702) · This game in the downloadable dataset