West Virginia Wesleyan defends the belt, 12–7, on the road at Davis & Elkins.
Where this game sits in the lineage
West Virginia Wesleyan came in 19 days into reign #49, which began with a win over Syracuse, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. West Virginia Wesleyan went on to defend it 5 more times before Lehigh took it on October 17, 1925, 343 days after the reign began.
For Davis & Elkins 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 Davis & Elkins and West Virginia Wesleyan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
West Virginia Wesleyan traveled to face Davis & Elkins on November 27, 1924, in a regular season matchup. Davis & Elkins won 12-7, but West Virginia Wesleyan 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 63848) · This game in the downloadable dataset