Villanova defends the belt, 16–7, at home over Loyola (Baltimore).
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova came in 330 days into reign #61, which began with a win over Grove City, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Villanova went on to defend it 3 more times before Bucknell took it on November 9, 1929, 357 days after the reign began.
For Loyola (Baltimore) 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 Loyola (Baltimore) and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova defeated Loyola (Baltimore) 16-7 on October 13, 1929, in regular season week 4 play. Villanova was the belt holder and successfully defended it with the victory.
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 63865) · This game in the downloadable dataset