Cornell defends the belt, 34–7, on the road at Syracuse.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Cornell came in 7 days into reign #98, which began with a win over Harvard, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Army took the belt in the very next belt game, on October 23, 1948.
For Syracuse this was its 8th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Cornell and Syracuse have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Cornell visited Syracuse on October 16, 1948, in a regular season matchup with the belt on the line. Syracuse won 34-7, but Cornell retained the belt as the defending champion.
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 28480) · This game in the downloadable dataset