Chicago defends the belt, 12–0, at home over Purdue.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Chicago came in 336 days into reign #44, which began with a win over Wisconsin, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. It was the last defense: Princeton took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 28, 1922.
For Purdue this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Chicago and Purdue have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Chicago defeated visiting Purdue 12-0 on October 21, 1922. As the belt's defending champion, Chicago retained the belt 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 12383) · This game in the downloadable dataset