Princeton defends the belt, 22–13, at home over Swarthmore.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 7 days into reign #45, which began with a win over Chicago, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Princeton went on to defend it 4 more times before Notre Dame took it on October 20, 1923, 357 days after the reign began.
For Swarthmore this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Princeton and Swarthmore have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Princeton defended the College Football Belt at home against Swarthmore on November 4, 1922, winning 22-13 to retain the title.
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 12537) · This game in the downloadable dataset