Navy defends the belt, 33–7, at home over Michigan.
AP poll, week 8: Michigan No. 7 at Navy No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Army. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Navy came in 35 days into reign #94, which began with a win over Duke, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. Navy went on to defend it 1 more time before Army took it on December 1, 1945, 56 days after the reign began.
For Michigan this was its 9th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Navy defeated Michigan 33-7 on November 10, 1945, in the tenth week of the regular season. As the belt's defending champion, Navy retained the lineal 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 26818) · This game in the downloadable dataset