Michigan State takes the belt, 13–6, on the road at Temple.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan State took the belt here, ending Temple’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #80) and starting reign #81. It lasted 56 days and 2 defenses, until Auburn took it on January 1, 1938.
For Michigan State this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.
This is the only time Michigan State and Temple have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Michigan State visited Temple on November 6, 1937, and defeated the belt-holder 13-6. With this victory, Michigan State took the lineal championship from Temple.
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 22040) · This game in the downloadable dataset