Navy takes the belt, 18–7, on the road at Columbia.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy took the belt here, ending Columbia’s run of 292 days and 2 defenses (reign #73) and starting reign #74. It lasted 28 days and 3 defenses, until Pittsburgh took it on November 17, 1934.
For Navy this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Columbia and Navy have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Navy visited Columbia on October 20, 1934, and defeated the belt-holding team 18-7. With this victory on the field, Navy took possession of the College Football 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 19739) · This game in the downloadable dataset