Fordham defends the belt, 71–0, at home over Buffalo.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Fordham came in 314 days into reign #63, which began with a win over Bucknell, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Fordham went on to defend it 5 more times before Saint Mary's (CA) took it on November 15, 1930, 357 days after the reign began.
For Buffalo this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 3 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Buffalo and Fordham have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Fordham defeated Buffalo 71-0 on October 3, 1930, in the fourth week of the regular season. Fordham was the belt holder entering the game and 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 16926) · This game in the downloadable dataset