Saint Mary's (CA) defends the belt, 14–0, on the road at California.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Saint Mary's (CA) came in 322 days into reign #64, which began with a win over Fordham, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Saint Mary's (CA) went on to defend it 4 more times before Olympic Club took it on November 7, 1931, 357 days after the reign began.
For California this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time California and Saint Mary's (CA) have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Saint Mary's (CA) traveled to California on October 3, 1931, and defeated the home team 14-0 in week 4 of the regular season. As the defending belt holder, Saint Mary's retained the belt 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 17599) · This game in the downloadable dataset