Notre Dame takes the belt, 25–2, on the road at Princeton.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Notre Dame took the belt here, ending Princeton’s run of 357 days and 5 defenses (reign #45) and starting reign #46. It lasted 21 days and 2 defenses, until Nebraska took it on November 10, 1923.
For Notre Dame this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Notre Dame and Princeton have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Notre Dame visited Princeton on October 20, 1923, and defeated the belt-holder 25-2. With this victory, Notre Dame took possession of the College Football Belt.
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 13016) · This game in the downloadable dataset