Duquesne defends the belt, 6–0, at home over Loyola (Baltimore).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Duquesne came in 7 days into reign #58, which began with a win over Washington & Jefferson, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Geneva took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 27, 1928.
For Loyola (Baltimore) this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Duquesne and Loyola (Baltimore) have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Duquesne hosted Loyola (Baltimore) on October 20, 1928, in week 7 of the regular season. Duquesne won 6-0 and retained the belt.
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 63859) · This game in the downloadable dataset