Saint Mary's (CA) defends the belt, 13–7, on the road at USC.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Saint Mary's (CA) came in 315 days into reign #64, which began with a win over Fordham, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Saint Mary's (CA) went on to defend it 5 more times before Olympic Club took it on November 7, 1931, 357 days after the reign began.
For USC this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Saint Mary's (CA) visited USC on September 26, 1931, in week 3 of the regular season. Saint Mary's 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 17517) · This game in the downloadable dataset