Syracuse defends the belt, 27–7, at home over Colgate.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Syracuse came in 14 days into reign #39, which began with a win over Brown, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Syracuse went on to defend it 5 more times before Michigan took it on November 16, 1918, 378 days after the reign began.
For Colgate this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Syracuse leads 2–0.
About this game
Syracuse defended the belt against Colgate on November 17, 1917, winning 27-7 at home. The victory allowed Syracuse to retain the lineal championship.
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 10155) · This game in the downloadable dataset