West Virginia Wesleyan defends the belt, 18–0, on the road at Broaddus College.
Where this game sits in the lineage
West Virginia Wesleyan came in 328 days into reign #49, which began with a win over Syracuse, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. West Virginia Wesleyan went on to defend it 1 more time before Lehigh took it on October 17, 1925, 343 days after the reign began.
For Broaddus College this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Broaddus College and West Virginia Wesleyan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
West Virginia Wesleyan traveled to Broaddus College on October 2, 1925, for a week 3 regular season matchup. Broaddus College won 18–0. West Virginia Wesleyan retained the College Football Belt despite the loss.
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 63850) · This game in the downloadable dataset