Geneva takes the belt, 7–0, at home over Duquesne.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Geneva took the belt here, ending Duquesne’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #58) and starting reign #59. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until Grove City took it on November 3, 1928.
For Geneva 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 Duquesne and Geneva have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 27, 1928, Geneva defeated visiting Duquesne 7-0. With this victory, Geneva took possession of the College Football Belt from Duquesne.
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 63860) · This game in the downloadable dataset