Notre Dame defends the belt, 34–7, at home over Purdue.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Notre Dame came in 14 days into reign #46, which began with a win over Princeton, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Nebraska took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 10, 1923.
For Purdue this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 4 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 2–2. Every meeting →
About this game
Notre Dame defended the belt at home against Purdue on November 3, 1923, winning 34-7 to retain it.
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 13146) · This game in the downloadable dataset