West Virginia Wesleyan defends the belt, 7–0, at home over Waynesburg.
Where this game sits in the lineage
West Virginia Wesleyan came in 322 days into reign #49, which began with a win over Syracuse, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. West Virginia Wesleyan went on to defend it 2 more times before Lehigh took it on October 17, 1925, 343 days after the reign began.
For Waynesburg this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 3 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Waynesburg and West Virginia Wesleyan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
West Virginia Wesleyan defeated visiting Waynesburg 7-0 on September 26, 1925, in week 2 of 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 63849) · This game in the downloadable dataset