Princeton defends the belt, 17–0, at home over Georgetown.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Princeton came in 350 days into reign #45, which began with a win over Chicago, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. It was the last defense: Notre Dame took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 20, 1923.
For Georgetown this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, Princeton led the belt series 1–0; all-time Princeton leads 2–0.
About this game
Princeton defeated Georgetown 17-0 on October 13, 1923, in a regular season matchup. As the belt's defending holder, Princeton 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 12957) · This game in the downloadable dataset