Stanford takes the belt, 26–0, at home over West Coast Army.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Stanford took the belt here, ending West Coast Army’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #69) and starting reign #70. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until USC took it on October 22, 1932.
For Stanford this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Stanford and West Coast Army have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 15, 1932, Stanford defeated West Coast Army 26-0 at home in a regular season matchup. With this victory, Stanford took the College Football Belt from West Coast Army.
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 18370) · This game in the downloadable dataset