Syracuse defends the belt, 10–0, at home over Boston College.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Syracuse came in 329 days into reign #48, which began with a win over Nebraska, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Syracuse went on to defend it 2 more times before West Virginia Wesleyan took it on November 8, 1924, 350 days after the reign began.
For Boston College this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 9 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Boston College and Syracuse have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Syracuse defeated Boston College 10-0 on October 18, 1924, in the fifth week of the regular season. As the defending belt holder, Syracuse retained the belt 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 13630) · This game in the downloadable dataset