Chicago defends the belt, 15–7, at home over Northwestern.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Chicago came in 329 days into reign #44, which began with a win over Wisconsin, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Chicago went on to defend it 1 more time before Princeton took it on October 28, 1922, 343 days after the reign began.
For Northwestern this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Chicago and Northwestern have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Chicago defeated Northwestern 15-7 on October 14, 1922, in the fourth 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 12310) · This game in the downloadable dataset