Villanova defends the belt, 12–0, at home over Catholic.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova came in 336 days into reign #61, which began with a win over Grove City, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Villanova went on to defend it 2 more times before Bucknell took it on November 9, 1929, 357 days after the reign began.
For Catholic 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 Catholic and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova defeated visiting Catholic 12-0 on October 19, 1929, in a regular season matchup. The victory allowed Villanova to retain the College Football 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 63867) · This game in the downloadable dataset