Program · last held it 1936
Northwestern
1Reign
378Days held
9Defenses
Northwestern last held the belt November 21, 1936. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Northwestern belt badge →
Belt-game record9–14–1
8–1–1 defending it · 1–13 challenging for it · 24 belt games since 1921
Took the belt1
time · 1 reign in all · first belt game October 15, 1921
All-time rank of 106 programs38th
in days held (378) · 65th in reigns · 31st in defenses (9) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Northwestern’s schedule runs through UCF or anyone who could take the belt from them first. Bowl pairings can change that.
Season outlook
under 1% to hold the belt when the season’s games run out, per the season outlook.
November 9, 1935 – November 21, 1936
1 yr, 12 days
Every belt game 24 games, newest first
October 18, 2019 · Northwestern vs. Ohio State 3–52 as challengerlostDecember 1, 2018 · Northwestern vs. Ohio State 24–45 as challengerlostNovember 11, 2006 · Northwestern vs. Ohio State 10–54 as challengerlostNovember 15, 2003 · Northwestern vs. Michigan 10–41 as challengerlostSeptember 27, 2003 · Northwestern at Ohio State 0–20 as challengerlostOctober 3, 1981 · Northwestern vs. Iowa 0–64 as challengerlostSeptember 21, 1974 · Northwestern vs. Notre Dame 3–49 as challengerlostNovember 1, 1969 · Northwestern vs. Ohio State 6–35 as challengerlostOctober 19, 1968 · Northwestern at Ohio State 21–45 as challengerlostOctober 5, 1968 · Northwestern vs. Purdue 6–43 as challengerlostNovember 21, 1936 · Northwestern at Notre Dame 6–26 as holderlost the beltNovember 14, 1936 · Northwestern at Michigan 9–0 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Wisconsin 26–18 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Minnesota 6–0 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1936 · Northwestern at Illinois 13–2 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Ohio State 14–13 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1936 · Northwestern vs. North Dakota State 40–7 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1936 · Northwestern vs. Iowa 18–7 as holderdefendedNovember 23, 1935 · Northwestern at Iowa 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itNovember 16, 1935 · Northwestern vs. Wisconsin 32–13 as holderdefendedNovember 9, 1935 · Northwestern at Notre Dame 14–7 as challengertook the beltOctober 23, 1926 · Northwestern vs. Notre Dame 0–6 as challengerlostOctober 14, 1922 · Northwestern at Chicago 7–15 as challengerlostOctober 15, 1921 · Northwestern vs. Wisconsin 0–27 as challengerlost
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