Muhlenberg takes the belt, 9–7, on the road at Lehigh.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Muhlenberg took the belt here, ending Lehigh’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #50) and starting reign #51. It lasted 26 days and 2 defenses, until Villanova took it on November 26, 1925.
For Muhlenberg this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Lehigh and Muhlenberg have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 31, 1925, Muhlenberg defeated host Lehigh 9-7 in a regular season matchup. With this victory on the field, Muhlenberg claimed the College Football Belt from Lehigh.
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 63854) · This game in the downloadable dataset