Notre Dame defends the belt, 18–13, on the road at Ohio State.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Notre Dame came in 14 days into reign #76, which began with a win over Pittsburgh, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. It was the last defense: Northwestern took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 9, 1935.
For Ohio State this was its 3rd shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
This is the only time Notre Dame and Ohio State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Notre Dame traveled to Ohio State on November 2, 1935, in a regular season matchup. Notre Dame won 18-13, successfully defending 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 20574) · This game in the downloadable dataset