Fordham defends the belt, 18–2, at home over West Virginia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Fordham came in 343 days into reign #63, which began with a win over Bucknell, with 5 defenses already behind it; this was its 6th defense. Fordham went on to defend it 1 more time before Saint Mary's (CA) took it on November 15, 1930, 357 days after the reign began.
For West Virginia this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Fordham and West Virginia have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Fordham defended the belt at home against West Virginia on November 1, 1930, winning 18-2 to retain the championship.
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 17200) · This game in the downloadable dataset