Villanova defends the belt, 17–7, at home over Oglethorpe.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Villanova came in 350 days into reign #61, which began with a win over Grove City, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: Bucknell took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 9, 1929.
For Oglethorpe this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Oglethorpe and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Villanova defended the College Football Belt on November 2, 1929, defeating visiting Oglethorpe 17-7. The belt remained with Villanova.
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 63868) · This game in the downloadable dataset