Princeton takes the belt, 21–18, on the road at Chicago.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton took the belt here, ending Chicago’s run of 343 days and 3 defenses (reign #44) and starting reign #45. It lasted 357 days and 5 defenses, until Notre Dame took it on October 20, 1923.
For Princeton this was its 19th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 7 times before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Chicago and Princeton have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Princeton visited Chicago on October 28, 1922, and defeated the host Maroons 21-18. With this victory, Princeton took possession of the College Football Belt from Chicago.
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 12475) · This game in the downloadable dataset