Saint Mary's (CA) defends the belt, 21–14, on the road at Santa Clara.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Saint Mary's (CA) came in 350 days into reign #64, which began with a win over Fordham, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. It was the last defense: Olympic Club took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 7, 1931.
For Santa Clara 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 Saint Mary's (CA) and Santa Clara have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Saint Mary's (CA) traveled to Santa Clara on October 31, 1931, for a regular-season matchup. Santa Clara won 21-14, but Saint Mary's (CA), the belt's defending holder, 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 17851) · This game in the downloadable dataset