Chicago defends the belt, 20–0, at home over Georgia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Chicago came in 322 days into reign #44, which began with a win over Wisconsin, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Chicago went on to defend it 2 more times before Princeton took it on October 28, 1922, 343 days after the reign began.
For Georgia this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Chicago and Georgia have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Chicago defeated Georgia 20-0 on October 7, 1922 in the third week of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Chicago retained the championship with the victory.
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 12229) · This game in the downloadable dataset