Columbia defends the belt, 28–8, at home over Syracuse.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Columbia came in 28 days into reign #96, which began with a win over Army, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Columbia went on to defend it 1 more time before Harvard took it on October 2, 1948, 343 days after the reign began.
For Syracuse this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Columbia and Syracuse have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Columbia defeated visiting Syracuse 28-8 on November 22, 1947 in regular season week 11 play. As the belt's defending holder, Columbia 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 28147) · This game in the downloadable dataset