Columbia defends the belt, 29–6, at home over VMI.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Columbia came in 285 days into reign #73, which began with a win over Stanford, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Navy took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 20, 1934.
For VMI this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Columbia and VMI have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Columbia defeated VMI 29-6 on October 13, 1934, in a regular season matchup played at home. As the belt's defending holder, Columbia retained the championship 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 19656) · This game in the downloadable dataset