Saint Mary's (CA) defends the belt, 14–6, on the road at San Francisco.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Saint Mary's (CA) came in 336 days into reign #64, which began with a win over Fordham, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Saint Mary's (CA) went on to defend it 2 more times before Olympic Club took it on November 7, 1931, 357 days after the reign began.
For San Francisco this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 3 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Saint Mary's (CA) and San Francisco have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Saint Mary's (CA) defended the College Football Belt on October 17, 1931, defeating visiting San Francisco 14-6. The belt remained with Saint Mary's (CA).
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 17722) · This game in the downloadable dataset