West Virginia Wesleyan defends the belt, 19–6, at home over Bethany (WV).
Where this game sits in the lineage
West Virginia Wesleyan came in 14 days into reign #49, which began with a win over Syracuse, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. West Virginia Wesleyan went on to defend it 6 more times before Lehigh took it on October 17, 1925, 343 days after the reign began.
For Bethany (WV) this was its first 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 Bethany (WV) and West Virginia Wesleyan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
West Virginia Wesleyan defeated Bethany (WV) 19-6 on November 22, 1924, in the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, West Virginia Wesleyan retained the 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 63847) · This game in the downloadable dataset