Villanova takes the belt, 23–9, on the road at Muhlenberg.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova took the belt here, ending Muhlenberg’s run of 26 days and 2 defenses (reign #51) and starting reign #52. It lasted 303 days and 0 defenses, until Lebanon Valley took it on September 25, 1926.
For Villanova this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Muhlenberg and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova defeated Muhlenberg 23-9 on November 26, 1925. With this victory, Villanova took the college football belt from Muhlenberg on the field.
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 63857) · This game in the downloadable dataset