Fordham defends the belt, 7–0, at home over New York University.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Fordham came in 336 days into reign #63, which began with a win over Bucknell, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Fordham went on to defend it 2 more times before Saint Mary's (CA) took it on November 15, 1930, 357 days after the reign began.
For New York University 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 Fordham and New York University have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 25, 1930, Fordham defeated visiting New York University 7-0 in a regular season matchup. Fordham was the belt holder going into the game and successfully defended it 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 17139) · This game in the downloadable dataset