Michigan takes the belt, 15–0, at home over Syracuse.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan took the belt here, ending Syracuse’s run of 378 days and 7 defenses (reign #39) and starting reign #40. It lasted 343 days and 4 defenses, until Ohio State took it on October 25, 1919.
For Michigan this was its 5th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Michigan and Syracuse have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Michigan defeated Syracuse 15-0 on November 16, 1918, taking the College Football Belt from the visiting team. This was the 438th belt game in the site's history.
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 10420) · This game in the downloadable dataset