Syracuse defends the belt, 42–0, at home over Bucknell.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Syracuse came in 7 days into reign #39, which began with a win over Brown, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Syracuse went on to defend it 6 more times before Michigan took it on November 16, 1918, 378 days after the reign began.
For Bucknell this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Bucknell and Syracuse have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Syracuse defended the College Football Belt on November 10, 1917, defeating visiting Bucknell 42-0. The victory allowed Syracuse to retain 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 10105) · This game in the downloadable dataset