Stanford defends the belt, 33–7, at home over Montana.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Stanford came in 7 days into reign #72, which began with a win over USC, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Stanford went on to defend it 1 more time before Columbia took it on January 1, 1934, 51 days after the reign began.
For Montana 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 Montana and Stanford have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Stanford, holding the belt, defeated Montana 33-7 on November 18, 1933. The victory allowed Stanford to retain the 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 19340) · This game in the downloadable dataset