Fordham defends the belt, 73–0, at home over Baltimore.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Fordham came in 308 days into reign #63, which began with a win over Bucknell, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Fordham went on to defend it 6 more times before Saint Mary's (CA) took it on November 15, 1930, 357 days after the reign began.
For Baltimore this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t; this remains its only belt game.
This is the only time Baltimore and Fordham have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Fordham defeated Baltimore 73-0 on September 27, 1930, in week 3 of the regular season. As the defending belt holder, Fordham retained the championship 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 16871) · This game in the downloadable dataset