Michigan defends the belt, 31–0, on the road at Iowa.
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Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan came in 49 days into reign #151, which began with a win over UCLA, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. Michigan went on to defend it 1 more time before Ohio State took it on November 25, 1972, 63 days after the reign began.
For Iowa this was its 6th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Michigan traveled to Iowa on November 11, 1972, as the defending belt holder. Iowa won 31-0, but Michigan retained the belt as the defending champion.
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 43841) · This game in the downloadable dataset