West Virginia Wesleyan defends the belt, 13–0, at home over Salem.
Where this game sits in the lineage
West Virginia Wesleyan came in 335 days into reign #49, which began with a win over Syracuse, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: Lehigh took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 17, 1925.
For Salem 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 Salem and West Virginia Wesleyan have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
West Virginia Wesleyan hosted Salem on October 9, 1925, in a regular season game where the home team won 13-0. As the defending belt holder, West Virginia Wesleyan retained the belt 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 63851) · This game in the downloadable dataset