Villanova defends the belt, 32–13, at home over Lebanon Valley.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova came in 313 days into reign #61, which began with a win over Grove City, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Villanova went on to defend it 5 more times before Bucknell took it on November 9, 1929, 357 days after the reign began.
For Lebanon Valley this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, Lebanon Valley led the belt series 1–0; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Villanova defended the belt against Lebanon Valley on September 26, 1929, winning 32-13 at home in week 2 of the regular season.
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 63864) · This game in the downloadable dataset