Muhlenberg defends the belt, 38–7, at home over Franklin & Marshall.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Muhlenberg came in 7 days into reign #51, which began with a win over Lehigh, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Muhlenberg went on to defend it 1 more time before Villanova took it on November 26, 1925, 26 days after the reign began.
For Franklin & Marshall this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 10 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Franklin & Marshall and Muhlenberg have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Muhlenberg defeated visiting Franklin & Marshall 38-7 on November 7, 1925. The belt-holding Muhlenberg team 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 63855) · This game in the downloadable dataset