Saint Mary's (CA) defends the belt, 7–6, at home over Oregon.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Saint Mary's (CA) came in 12 days into reign #64, which began with a win over Fordham, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Saint Mary's (CA) went on to defend it 6 more times before Olympic Club took it on November 7, 1931, 357 days after the reign began.
For Oregon this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Oregon and Saint Mary's (CA) have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Saint Mary's (CA) defeated Oregon 7-6 on November 27, 1930, in regular season week 12. As the defending belt holder, Saint Mary's 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 17409) · This game in the downloadable dataset