Villanova retains the belt after a 7–7 tie with Boston College.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova came in 329 days into reign #61, which began with a win over Grove City, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Villanova went on to defend it 4 more times before Bucknell took it on November 9, 1929, 357 days after the reign began.
For Boston College this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
This is the only time Boston College and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova visited Boston College on October 12, 1929, in a week 4 regular season matchup that ended in a 7-7 tie. Under the site's tie rule, the belt holder retains possession on a tie, so Villanova successfully defended 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 63866) · This game in the downloadable dataset