Villanova takes the belt, 14–13, at home over Grove City.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova took the belt here, ending Grove City’s run of 14 days and 0 defenses (reign #60) and starting reign #61. It lasted 357 days and 7 defenses, until Bucknell took it on November 9, 1929.
For Villanova this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Grove City and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova defeated Grove City 14-13 on November 17, 1928, in the regular season. With this victory, Villanova took possession of the College Football Belt from Grove City.
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 63862) · This game in the downloadable dataset