Notre Dame defends the belt, 35–7, at home over Georgia Tech.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Notre Dame came in 7 days into reign #46, which began with a win over Princeton, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Notre Dame went on to defend it 1 more time before Nebraska took it on November 10, 1923, 21 days after the reign began.
For Georgia Tech this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 3 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Notre Dame leads 3–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Notre Dame hosted Georgia Tech on October 27, 1923, in a regular season matchup. Notre Dame won 35-7, successfully defending the belt against the visiting Georgia Tech squad.
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 13085) · This game in the downloadable dataset