Syracuse defends the belt, 24–7, at home over William & Mary.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Syracuse came in 322 days into reign #48, which began with a win over Nebraska, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Syracuse went on to defend it 3 more times before West Virginia Wesleyan took it on November 8, 1924, 350 days after the reign began.
For William & Mary this was its first 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.
This is the only time Syracuse and William & Mary have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Syracuse defended the belt at home against William & Mary on October 11, 1924, winning 24-7 to retain the championship.
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 13572) · This game in the downloadable dataset