Fordham takes the belt, 14–0, at home over Bucknell.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Fordham took the belt here, ending Bucknell’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #62) and starting reign #63. It lasted 357 days and 7 defenses, until Saint Mary's (CA) took it on November 15, 1930.
For Fordham this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Bucknell and Fordham have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Fordham defeated Bucknell 14-0 on November 23, 1929, in the regular season. With this victory, Fordham took the College Football Belt from Bucknell.
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 16756) · This game in the downloadable dataset