Bucknell takes the belt, 9–0, at home over Villanova.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Bucknell took the belt here, ending Villanova’s run of 357 days and 7 defenses (reign #61) and starting reign #62. It lasted 14 days and 1 defense, until Fordham took it on November 23, 1929.
For Bucknell this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Bucknell and Villanova have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Bucknell defeated visiting Villanova 9-0 on November 9, 1929, in a week 8 regular season matchup. With this victory on the field, Bucknell claimed the College Football Belt from 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 63869) · This game in the downloadable dataset