Duke takes the belt, 16–14, at home over Purdue.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Duke took the belt here, ending Purdue’s run of 7 days and 0 defenses (reign #155) and starting reign #156. It lasted 14 days and 1 defense, until Clemson took it on October 19, 1974.
For Duke this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before — and it took it back here.
This is the only time Duke and Purdue have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Duke defeated Purdue 16-14 on October 5, 1974, in a regular season matchup. With the victory, Duke took possession of the college football belt from Purdue.
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 45000) · This game in the downloadable dataset