Villanova defends the belt, 20–13, at home over Davis & Elkins.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova came in 7 days into reign #61, which began with a win over Grove City, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Villanova went on to defend it 6 more times before Bucknell took it on November 9, 1929, 357 days after the reign began.
For Davis & Elkins this was its 2nd 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 Davis & Elkins and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova defended the College Football Belt against Davis & Elkins on November 24, 1928, winning 20-13. With the victory, Villanova 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 63863) · This game in the downloadable dataset