Fordham defends the belt, 13–7, on the road at Detroit Mercy.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Fordham came in 350 days into reign #63, which began with a win over Bucknell, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: Saint Mary's (CA) took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 15, 1930.
For Detroit Mercy 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 Detroit Mercy and Fordham have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Fordham traveled to Detroit to face Detroit Mercy on November 8, 1930, in a regular season matchup. Fordham won 13-7, retaining the College Football Belt.
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 17257) · This game in the downloadable dataset