Michigan State defends the belt, 13–6, at home over Carnegie Mellon.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Michigan State came in 7 days into reign #81, which began with a win over Temple, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Michigan State went on to defend it 1 more time before Auburn took it on January 1, 1938, 56 days after the reign began.
For Carnegie Mellon this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Carnegie Mellon and Michigan State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Michigan State defeated Carnegie Mellon 13-6 on November 13, 1937, in the ninth week of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Michigan State 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 22107) · This game in the downloadable dataset