Syracuse retains the belt after a 7–7 tie with Pittsburgh.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Syracuse came in 343 days into reign #48, which began with a win over Nebraska, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. It was the last defense: West Virginia Wesleyan took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 8, 1924.
For Pittsburgh this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. A tie leaves the belt with the holder, so it went home empty-handed.
This is the only time Pittsburgh and Syracuse have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Syracuse visited Pittsburgh on November 1, 1924, in a regular season matchup that ended in a 7-7 tie. Under the site's tie rule, the belt holder retains possession on a tie, so Syracuse successfully defended the 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 13749) · This game in the downloadable dataset